NEET PG round 1: MCC allots 28,723 seats, and you have until 2 November to join or walk away free

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) of the Directorate General of Health Services has published the final seat allotment for NEET PG counselling round 1, dated 24 October 2026. The list runs to 28,723 allotted seats across All India quota, deemed and central university, DNB and other quotas. The highest NEET PG rank on the list is 1, allotted MD General Medicine in Delhi, and the last entries are at ranks close to 1,60,000.

Dates for round 1 and round 2

Step	Date
Round 1 result	24 October 2026
Reporting and joining at the allotted college	26 October to 2 November 2026
Round 2 registration and payment	6 to 11 November 2026 (until 12 noon; payment until 3 pm)
Round 2 choice filling	7 to 12 November 2026 (until 10 am)
Round 2 result	14 November 2026
Round 2 joining	16 to 23 November 2026

These are from MCC's tentative schedule issued on 7 October. The PG academic session starts on 20 November 2026.

Your three options after a round 1 seat

• Join and stop. Report with your original documents by 2 November and do not opt for an upgrade. You will not be considered in round 2.
• Join and ask for an upgrade. Join the seat online and at the college, then mark willingness for upgradation as "Yes" on the portal. If round 2 gives you a better seat, you must take an online relieving letter from the round 1 college and join the new one. You lose any claim on the round 1 seat.
• Do not join. MCC's information bulletin treats this as a free exit, available only in round 1. You can log in again with the same registration and fill fresh choices in round 2. From round 2 onward, leaving a seat means forfeiting the security deposit.

MCC also notes that a candidate whose category or quota has changed within the same college and subject must get an online relieving letter and a fresh admission letter for the changed seat, or the seat is cancelled.

Gujarat candidates are also in the state's own round 1, with choice filling open until 10 am on 31 October. How the two counsellings interact, and what the deposits are, is in our NEET PG counselling 2026 guide.

CareerBox News Desk, reporting on the Medical Counselling Committee, DGHS: its NEET PG round 1 seat allotment of 24 October 2026, its tentative AIQ schedule of 7 October 2026 and its PG information bulletin 2026. Official portal: mcc.nic.in. Dates and eligibility change; confirm them on the official portal before you act.