152 MBBS aspirants 'forged' documents to block seats in Maharashtra; CET Cell issues notice

The Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test Cell (CET Cell) has identified 152 candidates who submitted forged documents in the Maharashtra NEET UG 2025 round 3 counselling to gain MBBS admission. Such candidates have been asked to submit their documents again by 12 noon on October 16.

After the provisional state merit list was released, the state CET Cell received complaints alleging misuse of the admission policy. Several aspirants have raised the issue of seat-blocking, while many suspected that some had already confirmed seats elsewhere and had uploaded fake or invalid documents to apply for seats in Maharashtra’s government and private medical colleges.

The officials, during their preliminary investigation, cross-verified all the documents submitted by candidates and prima facie found 152 cases of forgery or mismatch. The MHT CET has issued notice via email to all these candidates to present their case or re-upload the original documents.

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“After a complaint about possible rigging of the medical admission process, CET Cell prima facie found issues in the papers of 152 candidates, some of whom have already been allocated seats in the previous rounds,” the officials said.

Candidates who fail to submit or clarify will be disqualified from the admission process.

MBBS seat-blocking in Maharashtra

Despite securing a seat in another state or through All India Quota (AIQ) counselling conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), several candidates allegedly blocked seats in Maharashtra by submitting forged documents, including domicile certificates and marksheets.

In August 2025, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) busted a massive admission racket that revealed private medical colleges had facilitated admission to 18,000 NEET UG and PG seats using fake NRI documents.

Notably, the Supreme Court, while hearing a set of pleas against the NEET PG irregularities, directed the officials to introduce Aadhaar-based tracking of seats to eliminate multiple seat holdings and false representations. Despite several rules in place, over 100 candidates were caught using altered documents for admission in Maharashtra.