SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Board of Professional Entrance Examinations (JKBOPEE) has officially revoked the provisional selection and cancelled the MBBS admissions of five candidates admitted under the Persons with Disabilities (PwD) quota, after mandatory medical reassessments established that their physical conditions failed to meet the statutory benchmark disability threshold prescribed under national law.
The cancellations, promulgated through five separate official notifications, followed specialized re-evaluations conducted by the Standing Medical Board at Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar through SMHS Hospital. Under Section 2(r) of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016, benchmark disability requires an authenticated impairment of not less than 40 percent of a certified medical condition.
The five disqualified candidates—Mir Mubashir Manzoor, Morifat Reyaz, Sadia Hasseen, Suhail Ahmad Wani, and Aqsa Nisar—had secured provisional medical seats under reserved PwD seats at Government Medical College Handwara.
Clinical re-examinations revealed substantial discrepancies against initial claim certificates: Aqsa Nisar was diagnosed with a minor residual physical impairment of merely 10 percent; Suhail Ahmad Wani exhibited no major active psychopathology or disabling epileptic impairment; Morifat Reyaz recorded approximately 28 percent hearing deficit and 20 percent oral limitation (falling short of statutory benchmark parameters); while Sadia Hasseen was evaluated with zero percent visual disability. Mir Mubashir Manzoor, presenting mild managed seizure symptoms, was likewise ruled ineligible for benchmark disability reservation.
JKBOPEE stated that the revocation orders were executed in strict accordance with National Medical Commission (NMC) guidelines dated September 16, 2026, and JKBOPEE Regulations.
Taking a stringent institutional stance, JKBOPEE has formally recommended that the Health and Medical Education Department initiate statutory penal proceedings against the candidates under Section 91 of the RPwD Act for fraudulent claims, while directing respective Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) to immediately cancel the underlying disability certificates.
Consequent to the regulatory orders, the Principal of GMC Handwara issued Office Order No. 234 GMCH of 2026, cancelling ab initio the conditional admissions of all five candidates with immediate effect.
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