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Delhi High Court today put an interim stay on CBSE’s notification on upper age limit and other eligibility norms for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, NEET.
The bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar gave order on several petitions moved by medical aspirants who are aggrieved by various other eligibility norms which bar them from applying for the NEET- Under Graduate. The last date for submitting the application is March 9.
The CBSE notification has laid eligibility conditions, including upper age limit of 25 years for general and 30 years reserved categories to apply for MBBS course.
According to it, candidates who have studied in open school, students who have had biology as an additional subject, those who have taken more than two years to complete their 11th and 12th and students who have studied privately were not eligible to apply for the exam.
The court, while passing its interim order, however made it clear that while the candidates are allowed to submit their application for the entrance exam, it does not mean that they can sit for it.
The bench also said students from open school or those who have studied privately should belong to a recognised board in order to apply for the exam. It said the interim order will continue till the next date of hearing on April 6.