Chandigarh, Aug. 5 -- The Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, has deferred the counselling for MBBS admissions for the 2025-26 academic session, and approached the National Medical Commission (NMC) to allow a 3% increase in seats to accommodate the Supreme Court's order on implementing reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC).

On July 30, the Supreme Court had directed the Chandigarh administration to begin implementing OBC reservation in a staggered manner, starting with 3% quota for the 2025-26 academic year and gradually increasing it to 27%.

Following the order, GMCH-32 director principal Dr Ashok Attri said the college had written to NMC, seeking approval for 3% additional MBBS seats and deferred the coun...