WB NEET UG Medical & Dental 2026 Admission: Documents, Bonds, and Category Rules Every Allotted Candidate Must Know

The Directorate of Medical Education, West Bengal, has issued a detailed notice covering exactly what happens once a candidate receives a Round 1 seat allotment - from the documents required at reporting, to bond obligations, to what happens if a reserved-category or NRI candidate can't produce valid supporting documents at verification. This is dense, procedural content, but nearly every clause here carries a real consequence if missed. Here's the complete breakdown.

Allotment Letters and Reporting

Once results are published as per the counselling schedule, individual allotment letters become available for download through each candidate's login on the counselling website, remaining accessible until the admission process for that specific round closes. Allotted candidates must attend their allotted college — for private college admissions, at the specific designated venue covered further below, not necessarily the college's own campus — within the designated date and time, as per server time published on the counselling website.

Reporting Venues for Private Medical & Dental College Admissions

Private medical and dental colleges do not conduct admissions at their own campuses. Instead, candidates allotted seats in these institutions must report to designated Government Medical Colleges in Kolkata for all admission rounds.

Reporting Allocation List

NRS Medical College, Kolkata

• KPC Medical College

• IQ City Medical College

• ICARE Medical College

Medical College, Kolkata

• Gouri Devi Institute of Medical Sciences

• Santiniketan Medical College

• SRIMS & Sanaka Hospital Medical College

Calcutta National Medical College (CNMC), Kolkata

• Krishnanagar Institute of Medical Science

• Raniganj Institute of Medical Science

• SKS Medical College
  

IPGMER, Kolkata

• JIMS Budge Budge

• JIMS North Kolkata

• Jakir Hossain Medical College and Sciences

R.G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata

• JMN Medical College

• JIS Medical College

• PKG Medical College

Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College, Kolkata

• All Private Dental Colleges (Guru Nanak Dental College, Haldia Dental College, Kusum Devi Dental College, and Sanaka Institute of Dental Sciences)

Important Note: Do not report to the home campuses of private colleges (such as the Nadia campus for JMN Medical College or the Durgapur/Burdwan campus for IQ City Medical College). Admission physical reporting for these institutions is strictly handled at their assigned Kolkata designated venues.

What Happens If a Reserved-Category Candidate Can't Produce Their Certificate

This section of the notice covers a genuinely important set of edge cases, and the outcome differs sharply depending on exactly what situation a candidate falls into:

• If an SC/ST/OBC/EWS candidate is allotted an Unreserved seat (because they cleared the unreserved cutoff on merit) and cannot produce their caste certificate: admission is still granted, but the candidature is edited to Unreserved by the college. The candidate can seek upgradation in a subsequent round as Unreserved, if they wish.

• If an SC/ST/OBC/EWS candidate is allotted a seat under their own reserved category, but cannot produce a valid certificate: the candidature is edited to Unreserved and the seat is cancelled for that round through the admission software. If the candidate had cleared the unreserved cutoff, they can still participate in the subsequent round as an Unreserved candidate. If they had not cleared the unreserved cutoff, they are out of the counselling process entirely.

The same logic applies to PwBD candidates specifically:

• If a PwBD-eligible candidate is allotted a non-PwD seat and cannot produce a valid PwD certificate from a centre designated by MCC, New Delhi: admission is still granted, with the candidature edited to non-PwD status, and the candidate remains eligible for upgradation as non-PwD in a later round.

• If a PwBD candidate is allotted a PwD-category seat specifically, but cannot produce a valid certificate: the candidature is edited to non-PwD and the seat is cancelled for that round. If the candidate is otherwise eligible as a non-PwD candidate, they can participate in the subsequent round on that basis. If not, they are out of counselling entirely.

Given how much this affects PwBD candidates specifically, it's worth reviewing the current certificate and eligibility requirements and how PwBD reservation functions across government medical colleges well before reporting, since a missing or invalid certificate at this final verification stage carries real, immediate consequences.

The NRI Exception: No Fallback at All

This is worth highlighting on its own, because it stands in sharp contrast to the SC/ST/OBC/EWS and PwBD provisions above. The notice states plainly that candidates who opt for NRI category during WBMCC registration are directly eligible to fill choices as NRI. But at physical document verification following allotment, if the submitted documents are found inadequate, the candidature and allotted seat under NRI category are immediately cancelled, and the candidate is out of the entire counselling process — with no fallback category, and no path to a subsequent round mentioned anywhere in this provision. This is meaningfully stricter than the reserved-category and PwBD provisions, which generally allow a fallback to Unreserved or non-PwD status where the candidate qualifies. If you're navigating an NRI-related registration issue this cycle, this is also directly relevant to the separate urgent notice on NRI registration and choice-filling mismatches — the two notices, issued the same day, cover related but distinct aspects of NRI-category counselling this round.

Seat Surrender, If You Change Your Mind

Candidates dissatisfied with their allotted seat after admission may physically appear before the college authority to surrender or resign the seat, following the seat surrender schedule to be published separately on the counselling website. This slip must also be generated through the NIC server by the college — without it, the seat won't appear as vacant for the subsequent round.

Where to Report for Private College Admissions

This is genuinely important and easy to get wrong: several private medical and dental colleges do not conduct admission at their own campus. Instead, dedicated admission desks and kiosks are arranged at specific government college premises:

• KPC Medical College, IQ City Medical College, and ICARE Medical College: report to NRS Medical College, Kolkata, for all rounds

• Gouri Devi Institute of Medical Sciences, Santiniketan Medical College, and SRIMS & Sanaka Hospital Medical College: report to Medical College, Kolkata, for all rounds

• Krishnanagar Institute of Medical Science, Raniganj Institute of Medical Science, and SKS Medical College: report to Calcutta National Medical College (CNMC), Kolkata, for all rounds

• JIMS Budge Budge, JIMS North Kolkata, and Jakir Hossain Medical College and Sciences: report to IPGMER, Kolkata, for all rounds

• JMN Medical College, JIS Medical College, and PKG Medical College: report to R.G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata, for all rounds

• All private dental colleges (Guru Nanak Dental College, Haldia Dental College, Kusum Devi Dental College, Sanaka Institute of Dental Sciences): report to Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College, Kolkata

If JMN Medical College, Nadia or IQ City Medical College is your allotted institution, this is essential to know before you show up at the wrong location — admission for both runs through a different Kolkata institution entirely, not their own Nadia or Burdwan campus.

What to Do Right Now

Confirm exactly which venue applies to your allotted college before your reporting date, especially if you've been allotted a private institution — don't assume it's the college's own campus. Gather every document on the required list well in advance, including the four passport photographs, and prepare for a genuine final physical verification, not a formality. If you're in a reserved category or applying under PwBD status, make sure your certificate is fully valid and ready, given how differently a missing certificate is treated here compared to a missing NRI document. Understand which bond applies to you — the flat ₹1 lakh government college bond, or your specific private institution's own bond/bank guarantee requirement — and arrange it, including notarization where required, ahead of your reporting date rather than at the counter.

Key Things to Remember

WBMCC's Round 1 admission process involves a genuine final physical document verification at the allotted college, not just an earlier online check, with real consequences for reserved-category, PwBD, and NRI candidates who can't produce valid supporting documents — though the fallback options differ sharply: reserved-category and PwBD candidates can generally fall back to Unreserved or non-PwD status if otherwise eligible, while NRI candidates with inadequate documents are removed from the entire counselling process with no fallback. All admissions must be finalised through the NIC server, private college admissions happen at designated venues rather than the college's own campus in several cases, and bond requirements differ sharply between government colleges (a flat ₹1 lakh bond) and private institutions (whatever that specific college requires).

This information is based on the official WBMCC Memo No. HFW-23099/320/2026/M/2236, dated August 27, 2026. Always verify current requirements, venues, and schedules directly through the Directorate of Medical Education, West Bengal, and the official counselling website before reporting for admission.