Karnataka NEET UG Counselling 2025: KEA allows free exit after revised round 2 seat allotment

Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) has announced that it will declare a revised seat allotment result for the second round of Karnataka NEET UG counselling 2025 including the additional seats received from the National Medical Commission (NMC).

The counselling authority also said that once the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) announces the NEET UG seat allotment result 2025 for the second round of All India Quota (AIQ) counselling, students who secure a seat through the central counselling will be allowed to opt out of Karnataka NEET UG 2025 counselling free of cost.

Following this, KEA will publish the final Karnataka NEET UG seat allotment result 2025. It asked candidates wishing to participate in MCC NEET UG counseling 2025 to take the appropriate decisions accordingly.

KEA had extended the deadline to modify, reorder, or add new choices for the second extended round of MBBS, BDS admissions till 8 am today, September 9. Applicants were asked to pay the required caution deposit of Rs 10,000. The extension was given after new seats were added to the seat matrix.

KEA added 400 new MBBS seats in different medical colleges across the state ahead of Karnataka NEET UG round 2 counselling 2025. The provisional allotment was initially published on August 29.

The authority revised Karnataka NEET UG counselling 2025 rules and exempted the choice-2 candidates to pay the full amount in case they are allotted a course of Rs 12 lakh and above. Those who cancel the seat will have to pay a penalty of Rs 2 lakh or the advance course fee. It also warned of criminal action for submitting fake documents.