India, Nov. 2 -- Several parents and students have raised serious concerns over the medical admission process in the state, alleging that the State Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell failed to follow the updated guidelines of the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC). The issue has left many students, who were allotted seats under the all-India quota but did not take admission, unable to secure seats under the state quota.

Parents claim this confusion arose because the CET Cell released the third round of state-level allotments before receiving the final list of admitted students from the MCC. According to the new rules, issued after a Supreme Court directive, state authorities are required to publish their merit list only after getting the f...