Panaji, 8th August, 2023 (Sravana 17, 1945)
SERIES I No. 18
Reg. No. RNP/GOA/32/2021-2023
RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
GOVERNMENT OF GOA
Department of Public Health
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Notification
1/4/2022-II/PHD/1211
The Government of Goa is hereby pleased to make the following rules so as to further amend
the Goa (Rules for admission to post-graduate degree and diploma courses of the Goa University
at the Goa Medical College) Rules, 2004, as follows, namely:—
1. Short title and commencement.— (1) These rules may be called the Goa (Rules for admission
to postgraduate degree and diploma courses of the Goa University at the Goa Medical College)
(Fifth Amendment) Rules, 2023.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Amendment of rule 3.— In rule 3 of the Goa (Rules for admission to post-graduate degree
and diploma courses of the Goa University at the Goa Medical College) Rules, 2004 for sub-rule
(3), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:—
“(3) Order of merit:- (i) The order of merit for admission to Post-Graduate Degree/
/Diploma Courses shall be based on State-wise merit secured by the eligible applicants at
the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)-PG examination for the concerned
Academic Year.
(ii) The reservation shall be 2% seats for SC, 12% seats for ST, 27% seats for OBC and 5%
seats for PwD in Goa Medical College in PG Courses.
(iii) Number of seats that can be allotted to candidates from various categories are
determined as below and same shall be notified:
College
Total Seats
Number of Seats to be allocated in alternate years
GEN
SC
ST
OBC
EWS
Open
PwD
Open
PwD
Open
PwD
Open
PwD
GMC
64/61
37/36
1/1
1/1
0/0
7/6
1/1
16/15
1/1
0/0
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(iv) A merit list of all eligible and interested candidates, shall be prepared on the basis of
NEET-PG marks, scored by the candidates.
(v) The list should additionally indicate the Reserved Categories of the applicants wherever
applicable, viz. SC, ST, OBC, PwD & EWS.
(vi) The candidates shall be called for counseling in order of merit based on NEET-PG
marks and exercise their choice of branches from amongst the seats available at the time of
his/her turn.
(vii) However, the candidates from respective category will be allowed to exercise the
choice only till the time seats in the respective category are available.
(viii) Seats remaining vacant in PwD category, will be de-reserved and added to the
respective category (GEN/ST/OBC).
(ix) In case, any seats remain vacant, due to non-availability of eligible candidates belonging
to SC, ST, OBC & EWS categories, the same shall be offered to candidates from GEN category.
(x) Once the number of seats in any category are fully allotted, the candidates from that
category will not be considered for further allotment of seats in that round of admission.
(xi) The particular round of counseling and admission will be conducted till all the seats
are filled or list of candidates is exhausted.
(xii) Based on the vacancy position additional rounds of counseling and admission can be
conducted.
Note: The Principal Rules were published vide Notification No. 1/8/2003-II/PHD dated
11-3-2004, in the Official Gazette, (Extraordinary), Series I No. 50, dated 11-3-2004 and
subsequently amended vide following Notifications, namely:—
(i) Notification No. 1/8/2003-II/PHD dated 21-3-2005, published in the Official Gazette, Extraordinary,
Series I No. 51, dated 21-3-2005.
(ii) Notification No. 1/4/2009-II/PHD/Part I dated 7-12-2015, published in the Official Gazette, Extraordinary,
Series I No. 36, dated 8-12-2015.
(iii) Notification No. 1/4/2009-II/PHD/Part file/1429 dated 7-11-2016, published in the Official Gazette,
Series I No. 32 dated 10-11-2016.
(iv) Notification No. 1/14/2019-II/PHD dated 08-04-2020, published in the Official Gazette, Series I No. 2
dated 09-04-2020.
By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.
Trupti B. Manerkar, Under Secretary (Health).
Porvorim, 08th August, 2023.
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Notification
1/4/2022-II/PHD/1212
The Government of Goa is hereby pleased to make the following rules so as to further amend
the Goa (Rules for admission to post-graduate degree courses of the Goa University at the Goa
Dental College and Hospital) Rules, 1998, namely:—
1. Short title and commencement.— (1) These rules may be called the Goa (Rules for admission
to postgraduate degree courses of the Goa University at the Goa Dental College and Hospital)
(Fifth Amendment) Rules, 2023.
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(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Amendment of rule 3.— In rule 3 of the Goa (Rules for admission to post-graduate degree
courses of the Goa University at the Goa Dental College and Hospital) Rules, 1998 for sub-rule
(3), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:—
“(3) Order of merit:— (i) The order of merit for admission to Post-Graduate Degree shall be
based on State-wise merit secured by the eligible applicants at the National Eligibility-cum-
Entrance Test (NEET)-PG examination for the concerned Academic Year.
(ii) The reservation shall be 2% seats for SC, 12% seats for ST, 27% seats for OBC, 10% seats
for EWS and 5% seats for PwD in Goa Dental College and Hospital in PG Courses.
(iii) Number of seats that can be allotted to candidates from various categories are
determined as below and same shall be notified:
College
Total Seats
Number of Seats to be allocated in alternate years
GEN
SC
ST
OBC
EWS
Open
PwD
Open
PwD
Open
PwD
Open
PwD
GDC
12/11
6/5
1/1
0/0
0/0
1/1
0/0
3/3
0/0
1/1
(iv) A merit list of all eligible and interested candidates, shall be prepared on the basis of
NEET-PG marks, scored by the candidates.
(v) The list should additionally indicate the Reserved Categories of the applicants wherever
applicable, viz. SC, ST, OBC, PwD & EWS.
(vi) The candidates shall be called for counseling in order of merit based on NEET PG
marks and exercise their choice of branches from amongst the seats available at the time of
his/her turn.
(vii) However, the candidates from respective category will be allowed to exercise the
choice only till the time seats in the respective category are available.
(viii) Seats remaining vacant in PwD category, will be de-reserved and added to the
respective category (GEN/ST/OBC).
(ix) In case, any seats remain vacant, due to non-availability of eligible candidates belonging
to SC, ST, OBC & EWS categories, the same shall be offered to candidates from GEN category.
(x) Once the number of seats in any category are fully allotted, the candidates from that
category will not be considered for further allotment of seats in that round of admission.
(xi) The particular round of counseling and admission will be conducted till all the seats
are filled or list of candidates is exhausted.
(xii) Based on the vacancy position additional rounds of counseling and admission can be
conducted.
Note: The Principal Rules were published vide Notification No. 1/152/ 98-GDCH/ACAD dated
10-11-1998, in the Official Gazette, Series I No. 34, dated 19-11-1998 and subsequently amended vide following
Notifications, namely:—
(i) Notification No. 9/9/99-IV/PHD dated 10-01-2000, published in the Official Gazette, Extraordinary,
Series I No. 41, dated 10-01-2000.
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(iii) Notification No. 9/9/99-IV/PHD/(Part I) dated 21-03-2005, published in the Official Gazette,
Extraordinary, Series I No. 51 dated 21-03-2005.
(iv) Notification No. 1/14/2019-II/PHD dated 08-04-2020, published in the Official Gazette, Series I No. 2
dated 09-04-2020.
By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.
Trupti B. Manerkar, Under Secretary (Health).
Porvorim, 08th August, 2023.