JAIPUR: Supreme Court (SC) on Monday heard submissions made by the state government and the Medical Council of India (MCI) on incentive marks awarded to in-service doctors for PG admissions on Monday.The court was hearing the plea by non-service MBBS candidates who have objected to these incentive marks after they lost out to in-service doctors in the PG admission merit list.The MCI informed the court about its Regulation 9, which reads: "In determining the merit of candidates who are in the service of government or a public authority, weightage in marks may be given by the government/competent authority as an incentive @ 10% of the marks obtained for each year of service in specified remote or difficult areas of the state up to the maximum of 30% of the marks obtained in NEET."The state government's counsel also informed the court about the ongoing PG counselling, which includes allotment of specialties to candidates as per the merit list prepared following the April 7 Rajasthan High Court order.After hearing the reply, the SC will now hear the case again on Tuesday.The state government has already issued a list of allotted PG seats along with specialties after conducting the counselling. The non-service candidates said that though the SC had allowed the counselling process to continue it was subject to the final order of the court.The state government has issued a list of 563 candidates with allotted specialties. However, the list also mentions that allotments are subject to the decision of SC in the SLP filed by Dr Amit Bagra and other doctors against the state of Rajasthan."The court will hear us on Tuesday. Since the SC has directed the state government to continue with the counselling, the state government has issued an allotment list for courses. But, the court may cancel the list depending on the judgment in the case," Dr Bagra said.Dr Jitendra Bagaria, an in-service doctor, who is spearheading the legal battle said, "Out of the 563 candidates who secured specialties as per their choice during counselling, non-service candidates received 153 of them and in-service 410. Non-service candidates too have participated in the process of counselling."

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