Tamil Nadu MBBS 2020 counseling for SPECIAL CATEGORIES: -
Tamilnadu MBBS2020 counseling will start from 18th or 19th November 2020. It starts from special categories that include eminent sportspersons, children of Ex-serviceman, and persons with Benchmark disabilities
1. (a) Counselling for the Special Categories (Eminent Sports Person, Children of ExServicemen, and Persons with BenchMark Disabilities) will be done ahead of the General Category. The candidates have to appear in person along with the relevant original certificates at the venue specified on the websites.
(b) There will be no re-allotment / change of college allotted for the Special Category.
(c) Any discontinued / Not Joined / unavailed vacancies in Special Category will be added to General Category.
(d) The movement of a candidate from Special category (Eminent Sports Person, Ex-servicemen, and Persons with BenchMark Disabilities) to General Category will be based on the rank following the Rule of Reservation.
(e) The candidates seeking admission under Special Category for both MBBS / BDS Degree Courses (Eminent Sports Person, Children of Ex-Servicemen) are instructed to pay an additional sum of Rs.100/- through online via bank payment portal for each Special Category separately and to enclose the relevant certificates claiming that Special Category. The candidates applying under Special categories viz., Persons with Benchmark Disabilities, Children of Ex-servicemen and Eminent Sports Person are instructed to submit their application in online mode and also to submit the downloaded filled in online application along with two sets of enclosures either by post or by courier or in person to 33 “The Secretary, Selection Committee, Directorate of Medical Education, 162, Periyar E.V.R. High Road, Kilpauk, Chennai-600 010”. on or before the last date which will be mentioned on the official websites.
2. Seats Reserved for Special Categories in Government Colleges:-
a. Seats earmarked for the special categories will be allotted following the Horizontal Reservation. The seats will be allotted as per rank in the concerned special category and those seats will be deducted in the concerned compartment (OC / BC / BCM / MBC / DNC / SC / SCA / ST) and the remaining seats, if any, will be added to the General Category.
b. If an adequate number of eligible candidates are not available under Special Category, then the earmarked seats will be reverted back to General Category.
c. The candidates who got selected under the Special Category and not joined / discontinued the course at a later date will not be eligible to apply under the Special Category in the future for the next two academic years.
d. The candidates who have previously applied for the MBBS/BDS Degree Courses under Persons with Benchmark Disabilities made ineligible by the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Chennai is not eligible to apply under this category. Such an application will be summarily rejected.
3. Seats Reserved for the Children of Ex-Servicemen : (Number of seats reserved in M.B.B.S. – 10 & B.D.S. –
1) a. The candidates who have applied under Children of Ex-Servicemen quota seats will be allotted as per G.O.(D).No.977/H& FW Dept. dated 01.06.2018 and as amended in G.O.(D).No.882 / H& FW Dept. dated 28.05.2019 which is annexed in Annexure – VI.
b. The candidates seeking admission to MBBS / BDS Course under Children of ExServicemen Category should apply online in the prescribed form available on the website www.esmwel.tn.gov.in which should be signed by the Assistant Director of the concerned Ex-Servicemen Welfare Board.
c. The candidates should furnish the online certificate as prescribed in the format obtained from the competent Ex-servicemen Welfare Board.
d. The Special Committee from the Defence authorities constituted will scrutinize the certificates, submitted by the candidates. Eligible candidates will be selected on rank 34 basis by the above said Committee. The other eligibility conditions for admission to MBBS / BDS Degree Course will be applicable as in the case of General Category.
4. Seats Reserved for Eminent Sports Person: - (Number of seats reserved in M.B.B.S – 7 and B.D.S.- 1) a. The candidate who have applied under Eminent Sports Person quota, seats will be allotted as per G.O.(D). No.976/H&FW Dept. dated 01.06.2018 which is annexed in Annexure – VII.
b. The provisions contained in G.O.(1D). No.38/HE(J2) Department dated.26.02.2020 constituting a Common Committee for the selection of candidates for admission to professional courses (Engineering and Medicine) under Eminent Sports Person Category for a period of 3 years from 2020-2021 to 2022-2023 will be followed.
c. The candidates are requested to arrange the certificates as per the serial number starting from June 2016 as given in Annexure-VII (b) and submit them along with the filled in an online application form, within the stipulated time. All the particulars are to be filled up as per the guidelines given in Annexure-VII (a). The other eligibility conditions for admission to MBBS / BDS course will be applicable as in the case of General Category.
d. The Committee shall decide and approve the eligibility norms, list of sports events, marks for various categories of achievements, competent authority to issue forms/certificates, etc., for TNEA 2020 / MBBS 2020 admissions under Eminent Sports Persons Quota. The Sports Quota application for MBBS admission will be scrutinized at the office of the Secretary, Selection Committee.
e. The Rank list for this category will be done by the Common Committee constituted for this purpose. The mode of selection will be made as per the guidelines given in Annexure – VII (a).
f. If the Original certificates are not produced in person to the Common Committee at the time of scrutiny for Sports Quota at the Selection Committee, Directorate of Medical Education, Kilpauk, Chennai, the candidates will not be considered under the Sports Category. Subsequent production of the original certificate or sending a photocopy of sports evidence by post/courier will not be accepted.
g. The Sports Quota rank list will be furnished by the Common Committee to the Selection The committee, Directorate of Medical Education, Kilpauk, Chennai. The decision of the Common Committee will be final.
5. Eligibility for BenchMark Disabilities as per the Right of Persons with Disability Act, 2016.
(a) 5% of the total number of seats available in Government Medical / Dental Institutions will be filled by candidates falling under Persons with BenchMark disabilities as per 35 MCI Guidelines / Regulations in accordance with the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. If the seats reserved for the persons with disabilities in a particular category remain unfilled on account of unavailability of candidates, then earmarked seats would be included in the general category.
(b) Candidates are required to visit the official websites www.tnhealth.tn.gov.in, www.tnmedicalselection.org for the latest information in this regard.
(i) Candidates with disabilities of 40-80% shall be considered eligible to apply for MBBS / BDS Degree Courses.
(ii) Candidates with less than 40% disabilities are NOT ELIGIBLE for reservation, provided that the candidates are eligible to apply for MBBS / BDS Degree Courses under general category.
(c) As per “ANNEXURE-A” published by the National Medical Commission (erstwhile Medical Council of India) in pursuance of the communication from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare as follows: “Presence of significant Locomotor Disability with or without any other significant a disability such as visual or hearing–speech or learning etc. which will make it very difficult for the candidate to pursue and complete the course satisfactorily and may significantly increase the risk to the candidate or the patient(s) – may be declared NOT ELIGIBLE for admission”.
(d) The candidates are required to produce a certificate obtained from the Regional Medical Board constituted at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Chennai-600 003 to assess the nature and the extent of disability in Annexure V. The certificate must have been obtained within three months prior to submitting the application for seeking admission under this category. If the certificate has been obtained earlier, then the application will be rejected. If the candidate fails to submit the Medical Certificate for the person with disabilities then their application will be rejected under a special category.
(e) The candidates seeking admission under this special category should produce a full size recent photograph (taken within three months) exhibiting the deformity at the time of counseling.
(f) Candidates who consider themselves eligible for Persons with BenchMark Disabilities Category are advised to ensure their eligibility by getting themselves examined at the Disability Assessment Board constituted at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Chennai, before their scheduled date of counseling, failing which, the candidates will not be considered for allotment of seats under Persons with Bench Mark Disabilities.
