MCC NEET UG Counselling 2026 Round 2: 30 New MBBS Seats Added to Seat Matrix, Choice Filling Temporarily Halted

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has issued an urgent notice for NEET UG 2026 Round 2 candidates - 30 new MBBS seats have just been added to the Round 2 Seat Matrix, and Choice Filling has been temporarily paused as a result. Here's everything confirmed and what you need to do right now.

What's Been Announced

MCC, under the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), issued Notice No. 19 (Ref. U-11011/07/2026-MEC) on 5th September, 2026, confirming it received information the same day from three concerned institutes regarding the addition of seats to the Round-2 Seat Matrix of UG Counselling 2026. A total of 30 new MBBS seats have now been added, and candidates will be able to exercise Choice Filling for these newly available seats.

Choice Filling Temporarily Halted

Because of this mid-round seat addition, Choice Filling has been temporarily halted and will resume after 7:00 PM on 5th September, 2026. If you were in the middle of filling or revising your choices when this happened, this is why — and it's a routine, if inconvenient, consequence of a seat matrix update happening mid-round.

College-Wise Breakdown of the 30 New MBBS Seats

Bagalkote Medical College and Research Institute, Bagalkote (Institute Code 904771) has added 15 All India Quota MBBS seats: UR-06, ST-01, SC-02, OBC-03, OBC PwD-01, and EWS-02. This addition was intimated directly by the college.

Government Medical College, Chapra (Saran) (Institute Code 904772) has added 7 All India Quota MBBS seats: UR-04, SC-01, and OBC-02.

Shri Ram Janki Medical College and Hospital, Samastipur (Institute Code 904773) has added 8 All India Quota MBBS seats: UR-01, UR PwD-01, ST-01, SC-02, OBC-02, and EWS-01.

Together, these three institutes account for the full 30-seat addition to Round 2 — all under the All India Quota (AIQ).

Why This Matters for Your Round 2 Strategy

A mid-round seat addition like this is exactly the kind of update that can change your choice list, especially if you're targeting a specific category or region. All 30 seats here are category-marked (UR, SC, ST, OBC, EWS, and PwD subcategories), so candidates across nearly every reservation category have new options to weigh at Bagalkote, Chapra, or Samastipur that weren't available when Round 2 counselling first opened.

Since these seats weren't part of the original Round 2 matrix, candidates who had already locked in a preference order without knowing these existed should use the reopening of Choice Filling to actively reassess—not just leave their existing list unchanged by default.

What to Do Now

Wait for Choice Filling to resume after 7:00 PM on 5th September, 2026, before attempting to make any changes—the window is paused, not cancelled, so there's no need to worry about missing this round entirely.

Review the updated Round-2 Seat Matrix carefully once Choice Filling reopens, and specifically check whether Bagalkote Medical College, GMC Chapra (Saran), or Shri Ram Janki Medical College, Samastipur, fit your category and preferences.

Revise your existing choice list if any of these newly added seats are a better fit than your current selections, rather than assuming your original list remains optimal.

Keep checking the official MCC website, www.mcc.nic.in, regularly for further updates, since additional seat matrix changes can occur during any round of central counselling.

Key Things to Remember

MCC added 30 new MBBS All India Quota seats to the Round-2 Seat Matrix on 5th September, 2026, across three institutes: Bagalkote Medical College (15 seats), GMC Chapra/Saran (7 seats), and Shri Ram Janki Medical College, Samastipur (8 seats).

Choice Filling was temporarily halted because of this addition and resumed after 7:00 PM on 5th September, 2026.

All 30 seats are split across UR, SC, ST, OBC, EWS, and PwD subcategories — candidates should check the detailed category-wise breakdown for each institute before finalizing choices.

Candidates should actively revisit their Round 2 preference list in light of these new options, not assume their existing choices remain unaffected.

This article is based on the official MCC Notice No. 19 (Ref. U-11011/07/2026-MEC), dated 5th September 2026, issued by the Directorate General of Health Services, Government of India. Candidates should verify the current Round-2 Seat Matrix and further updates directly on www.mcc.nic.in.