Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government welcomed the Supreme Court order setting aside a Medical Council of India (MCI) notification mandating common National Entrance Eligibility Test (NEET) both for undergraduate and postgraduate medical and dental courses in government and private institutions.

State Medical Education Minister Kondru Murali hailed the apex court's order.

The verdict provided relief to thousands of students who had appeared for exam in May for admission to medical and dental colleges in the state.

The state authorities last month declared the results of Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET).

As many as 88,778 students qualified for admission to medical and agriculture courses out of 99,983 students who appeared in the test.

However, the authorities were waiting for the court verdict before announcing the counseling schedule. The orders have now cleared the decks for admissions to medical colleges.

Thousands of students in the state had also appeared in NEET, which was also held in May. With the Supreme Court's verdict, they will now breathe easy.

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