A day after Central government told the Supreme Court (SC) that it was not in favour of the recent ordinance passed by the State to exempt it from the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), the Directorate of Medical Education is likely to release the merit list and counselling dates on Wednesday, August 23, 2017. 

While the  merit list will be available at tnhealth.org and tnmedicalselection.org, the apex court has told the state government to start the counselling process for admissions for MBBS and BDS seats in the state based on the NEET merit list.

The SC on Tuesday asked Tamil Nadu government to follow NEET after the Centre said the state cannot be exempted.

The report comes a week after the Centre agreed to grant an exemption to Tamil Nadu from NEET for admissions to MBBS and BDS courses. 

Highlights 
The Directorate of Medical Education had received 50,558 applications. 

31,323 were seeking admissions to 2,594 seats.