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Counselling for admission to medical colleges will begin next week.Advocate Aditya Sanghi, who appeared on behalf of the petitioners, argued that reservation for SC/ST/OBCs has gone up to 63% following the hike in OBC quota. Pointing out that the Supreme Court has capped reservation at 50%, he said that the ordinance issued by the state government is against SC guidelines and, therefore, in contravention of the Constitution.The court, while staying the ordinance, has issued notices to the principal secretary and director of medical education, and sought a response before the next hearing on March 26. Bhopal: A division bench of MP high court, hearing a petition by three NEET candidates, on Tuesday stayed the hike in OBC quota announced by chief minister Kamal Nath on March 6.The Congress government issued an ordinance on March 8 — beating the model code of conduct by a day — to hike OBC reservation in government jobs and educational institutions in Madhya Pradesh by 13%, taking it to 27%.NEET 2019 candidates Richi Pandey and Suman Singh from Bhopal and Arpita Dubey from Jabalpur challenged it in high court, arguing that it is against Constitutional provisions..