1 The Miscellaneous Application has been filed before this Court following the order dated 21 February 2024.

2 The petitioners are students who have completed the academic segment of the BDS Course and are pursuing their internship. The NEET-MDS 2024 was notified on 20 January 2024 and is to take place on 18 March 2024.

3 During the course of the hearing, the Court was apprised of the fact that 29,128 students have registered for the NEET-MDS which is being conducted on the Digitally signed by Sanjay Kumar Date: 2024.03.16 10:51:00 IST Reason:

Signature Not Verified ensuing Monday.

In the petition which was filed before this Court under Article 32 of the Constitution, the petitioners sought an extension of the cut-off date of eligibility with reference to the completion of the internship so as to enable the petitioners to appear for the ensuing NEET-MDS 2024. The cut-off date for completion of internship was originally fixed at 31 March 2024.

5 The grievance of the petitioners was that, as regards the NEET-PG 2024, the internship cut-off date has been extended from 31 March 2024 to 15 August 2024 and, as a consequence, the examination has been pushed back from 15 March 202