Puducherry CENTAC UG-NEET 2026: JIPMER-Allotted Candidates to Be Removed from Round 1 List

CENTAC, Puducherry's Centralised Admission Committee, has issued a notice affecting a specific group of candidates: those who applied for MBBS, BDS, or BAMS under CENTAC's Government Quota and also received a seat at JIPMER, Puducherry, under the Internal – Puducherry UT Domicile quota. If this applies to you, there's a genuinely important deadline and a decision to make before it passes.

What's Officially Confirmed

• The list: candidates who applied for UG NEET-based degree courses (MBBS, BDS, BAMS) under CENTAC's Government Quota and who have also been allotted a JIPMER seat under the Internal – Puducherry UT Domicile quota has been published on www.centacpuducherry.in.

• Default outcome: candidates on this list will be automatically removed from CENTAC's UG-NEET Round 1 allotment list, since they've already secured a JIPMER seat.

• Objection window: objections, if any, can only be raised through the Grievances option in the candidate's login dashboard, on or before August 26, 2026, 5:00 PM.

• Opting to stay in CENTAC instead: a JIPMER-allotted candidate who wants to participate in CENTAC counselling regardless must submit willingness through the login dashboard and pay a Caution Deposit of ₹1 lakh, also by August 26, 2026, 5:00 PM.

• What happens to the deposit: it's forfeited if the candidate is allotted a CENTAC seat and doesn't join in Round 1; if the candidate does join, the deposit is adjusted against the tuition fee instead.

• Notification method: affected candidates have also been informed via SMS in addition to this notice.

Why This Notice Matters

This is a "one candidate, one seat" cleanup rule, and it exists because JIPMER seats are allotted through MCC's separate All India Quota process, which runs independently of CENTAC's own state-level counselling. A candidate who registered for both and ends up allotted seats in each system simultaneously creates a duplicate hold that needs to be resolved before Round 1 can finalise cleanly on either side. The default action here is removal from CENTAC's list, not an automatic choice in the candidate's favour — which is exactly why this notice requires active attention rather than passive acceptance.

The Decision You Actually Need to Make

If you're on this list and you're satisfied with your JIPMER seat, you don't need to do anything — removal from CENTAC's Round 1 list happens automatically, and JIPMER remains your allotted institution. But if you'd genuinely prefer to pursue a CENTAC seat instead of JIPMER, inaction costs you that option entirely. You must proactively submit willingness through your login dashboard and pay the ₹1 lakh caution deposit before the deadline — there's no fallback route to reconsider this decision once August 26, 5 PM passes. This is a meaningfully higher-stakes version of the freeze-versus-float decision that plays out across NEET counselling more broadly — except here, staying with your current allotment (JIPMER) requires no action, while switching requires both a deliberate opt-in and a substantial financial commitment upfront.

What to Do Right Now

Check the published list on www.centacpuducherry.in to confirm whether you're actually on it, rather than assuming your status either way. If you want to keep your JIPMER seat, no action is needed — the removal from CENTAC's list happens on its own. If you'd rather pursue a CENTAC seat instead, log into your dashboard, submit your willingness, and arrange the ₹1 lakh caution deposit well before the August 26 deadline, since payment issues close to a hard cutoff are a genuinely common way candidates miss opportunities like this. If you believe there's an error in how you've been listed, raise it only through the Grievances option in your dashboard — no other channel is mentioned as valid for this specific notice. Before deciding either way, it's worth weighing how your NEET rank compares across both options and applying the same genuine-fit evaluation that should guide any college choice, rather than deciding purely on institutional name recognition.

Key Things to Remember

CENTAC has published a list of candidates allotted both a Government Quota seat consideration under CENTAC and a JIPMER seat under Puducherry UT Domicile quota, and by default, everyone on this list will be removed from CENTAC's Round 1 allotment. Staying with JIPMER requires no action; switching back to CENTAC requires actively submitting willingness and paying a ₹1 lakh caution deposit, both by August 26, 2026, 5:00 PM, with the deposit forfeited only if allotted and not joined, or adjusted into tuition fees if joined. Given the size of the deposit and the hard deadline, this is a decision worth making deliberately and early, not in the final hours.

This information is based on CENTAC Notice Ref.No.CENTAC/UG-NEET/2026/06, dated August 24, 2026. Always verify your specific status and complete any required action directly at www.centacpuducherry.in, or through the helpline numbers 0413-2655570 / 0413-2655571, since this deadline applies strictly with no provision mentioned for late submission.