(i) The Central Board of Secondary Education will prepare the lists of successful candidates of Preliminary Examination and Final Examination on the basis of the eligibility criteria provided by the Medical Council of India as given in Graduate Medical Education Regulations-1997 issued under All India Medical Council Act-1956. The eligibility criteria is as follows:

Under clause (2) to (4) of MCI’s regulation, a candidate must have passed in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English individually and must have obtained a minimum of 50% marks taken together in Physics, Chemistry, Biology at the qualifying examination as mentioned in clause (2) of regulation 4 and in addition must have come in the merit list prepared as a result of such competitive entrance examination by securing not less than 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry, Biology taken together in the competitive examination. In respect of the candidates belonging to the SC,ST and OBC category the marks obtained in Physics, Chemistry, Biology taken in qualifying examination and competitive examination be 40% marks instead of 50% for General Candidates. Further, for persons with locomotory disability of lower limbs, the minimum of 45% marks for Gen-PH and 40% marks for SC-PH/ST-PH/OBC-PH are required. Provided that a candidate who has appeared in the qualifying examination the result of which has not been declared, he may be provisionally permitted to take up the competitive entrance examination and in case of selection for admission to the MBBS course, he shall not be admitted to that course until he fulfils the eligibility criteria under regulation 4.

A list of the successful candidates in order to qualify for the Final Examination will be prepared by the Board based on the score obtained in the Preliminary Examination.

Similarly, a list of the successful candidates in order of merit based on the score obtained in the Final Examination will be prepared by the Board.The merit list will be equal to the number of seats available for allotment in MBBS/BDS course under 15% All India Quota. There shall also be a waiting list equal to the 100% of the merit list.

The list of successful candidates (Merit List/Waiting List) shall be forwarded to the Directorate General of Health Services (Medical Examination Cell) for the purpose of allotment of seats by personal appearance.

(ii) In case of two or more candidates obtaining equal marks in the Final Examination, the inter-se-merit of such candidates shall be determined in order of preference as follows :
(a) Candidates obtaining higher marks in Biology (Botany & Zoology) in the entrance examination.
(b) Candidates obtaining higher marks in Chemistry in the entrance examination.
(c) Candidates older in age to be preferred.
(d) Candidates securing higher marks in Preliminary Examination will be preferred.

Courtesy: AIPMT.NIC.IN