Maharashtra NEET PG 2026 CAP Round 1: Final Merit List, 2,486-Seat Matrix & Choice Filling Deadline
Maharashtra CET Cell has released the final provisional merit lists and the complete CAP Round 1 MD/MS and PG Diploma seat matrices. Choice filling closes 4 November at 11:59 PM.
Maharashtra NEET PG 2026 CAP Round 1: Final Merit List, 2,486-Seat Matrix and Choice Filling Deadline
The Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test Cell has published the final provisional State Merit List, the separate 20% in-service quota merit list and all three CAP Round 1 seat matrices for NEET-PG 2026. Registered candidates should now compare their merit position with the course, college, quota and category shown in the operative matrices and complete online preference filling by 4 November 2026, up to 11:59 PM.
Verified candidate deadlines
Stage | Verified date / time | Candidate action |
|---|---|---|
Final merit and matrices | Published 2 November 2026 | Check State Merit List number, candidature type and applicable quota |
Choice filling | 2–4 November 2026, up to 11:59 PM | Submit an ordered preference list after checking fees |
First selection list | 5 November 2026 | Check allotment result |
Physical joining and status retention | 6–10 November 2026, up to 5:30 PM | Report with original documents and requisite fee at the allotted college |
The authority gives no separate clock time for the merit-list or matrix publication. HGE therefore does not add one.
Round 1 seat matrix: reconciled totals
Matrix | Course | Published seats | Counselling route |
|---|---|---|---|
Government / Corporation / Central Govt / Govt-aided | MD/MS | 1,581 | Maharashtra State CAP matrix |
Private / Minority | MD/MS | 891 | State + institutional quota structure in matrix |
Government / Corporation | PG Diploma | 14 | Maharashtra State CAP matrix |
Reconciled total | MD/MS + PG Diploma | 2,486 | Current CAP Round 1 publication |
These are counselling seats in the operative CET Cell matrices dated 2 November 2026. They are not NMC permission figures or NBEMS accreditation counts.
Private/minority MD/MS: state vs institutional quota
Quota block | Breakdown | Seats |
|---|---|---|
State-quota available seats | 222 constitutional reservation + 47 SEBC + 200 OPEN | 469 |
Institutional block | 299 management + 123 NRI | 422 |
Total private/minority MD/MS | State-quota available + institutional block | 891 |
Government/aided MD/MS category reconciliation
The government summary publishes General, In-service, General-PwD and In-service-PwD intersections. The in-service-PwD value is a horizontal intersection and is not added again. The counted totals below reconcile to the official 1,581-seat headline.
Category | Official components | PwD/in-service overlap | Counted total |
|---|---|---|---|
SC | GEN 157; INS 39; GEN-PwD 8 | INS-PwD 2 | 204 |
ST | GEN 85; INS 21; GEN-PwD 4 | INS-PwD 1 | 110 |
VJ (DT-A) | GEN 36; INS 9; GEN-PwD 1 | INS-PwD 1 | 46 |
NT-B | GEN 30; INS 8; GEN-PwD 2 | INS-PwD 0 | 40 |
NT-C | GEN 41; INS 11; GEN-PwD 3 | INS-PwD 0 | 55 |
NT-D | GEN 25; INS 5; GEN-PwD 1 | INS-PwD 1 | 31 |
OBC | GEN 228; INS 57; GEN-PwD 12 | INS-PwD 3 | 297 |
SEBC | GEN 120; INS 30; GEN-PwD 6 | INS-PwD 2 | 156 |
EWS | GEN 121; INS 29; GEN-PwD 6 | INS-PwD 2 | 156 |
OPEN | GEN 359; INS 91; GEN-PwD 20 | INS-PwD 4 | 470 |
Orphan | A-B 8; C 8 | Not applicable | 16 |
Largest MD/MS specialty pools
Specialty | Government/aided | Private/minority | Combined published seats |
|---|---|---|---|
Anaesthesiology | 171 | 81 | 252 |
Obstetrics & Gynaecology | 146 | 72 | 218 |
General Surgery | 138 | 106 | 244 |
General Medicine | 138 | 104 | 242 |
Orthopaedics | 80 | 99 | 179 |
Paediatrics | 100 | 62 | 162 |
Pathology | 101 | 50 | 151 |
Radio-diagnosis | 74 | 68 | 142 |
A larger specialty pool creates more combinations of college, quota and category, but it does not guarantee allotment at any particular rank. Compare your applicable row, not only the overall specialty total.
PG Diploma matrix
PG Diploma specialty | Published seats |
|---|---|
Diploma in Anaesthesiology | 5 |
Diploma in Child Health | 2 |
Diploma in Public Health / Community Medicine | 1 |
Diploma in Medical Radio-diagnosis | 2 |
Diploma in Obstetrics & Gynaecology | 2 |
Diploma in Otorhinolaryngology | 1 |
Diploma in Psychological Medicine | 1 |
What changes for my rank, branch and category?
Use your SML number first: the final provisional State Merit List contains 7,242 candidates. Category, candidature type, NRI and PwD remarks remain subject to the document and authority conditions printed in the list.
Filter by the right quota: do not compare an OPEN state-quota seat with management or NRI seats as though they were interchangeable.
Keep ambitious choices above safer choices: preference order should reflect what you genuinely want. A safer option placed above a preferred ambitious option can block the higher preference if the safer option is allotted first.
Compare branch and institution separately: the matrix shows sizeable pools in Anaesthesiology, General Surgery, General Medicine and OBGYN, but college-level availability varies widely.
Do not infer a cutoff from the matrix: a seat matrix is supply data, not an opening or closing rank. No Round 1 allotment-derived cutoff exists until the selection list is published.
Choice-filling checklist
Open the final provisional merit list and confirm your SML number, category and candidature remark.
Use the correct matrix: government/aided MD/MS, private/minority MD/MS or PG Diploma.
Check the exact college, specialty, quota and category cell. Do not count PwD or in-service horizontal intersections as additional seats.
Verify quota-wise tuition and other applicable fees before adding a choice, as directed by the CET Cell.
Order choices by genuine preference and complete submission by 4 November 2026, up to 11:59 PM.
Save the submitted preference form/confirmation available in the portal.
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