Rajasthan NEET UG 2026 Counselling: Round 1 Dates Revised — Merit List, Choice Locking and Allotment Timeline Explained

If you are a NEET-UG candidate hoping for an MBBS or BDS seat under Rajasthan's state quota, take note: the state counselling board has pushed back its Round 1 timeline by a few days. The revised merit list is out on August 20, 2026, and the Round 1 seat allotment result is now due on August 22, 2026 — both later than originally planned. This matters because every downstream step, from locking your college choices to reporting at your allotted college, now runs on this new calendar. Missing the revised deadlines could cost you a seat you were otherwise eligible for.

What exactly changed

The Office of the Chairman, NEET UG Medical and Dental Admission/Counselling Board, Rajasthan, put out a revised Round 1 schedule on its official portal, ug.neetrajasthan.com. The revision affects the sequence of events after certificate verification for special categories, pushing the merit list, choice-lock deadline, and allotment result to new dates.

This counselling governs state quota MBBS and BDS seats across government and private medical and dental colleges in Rajasthan, so it is relevant to any candidate who registered for the state's counselling round, whether general category or reserved category.

Revised Round 1 timeline

Here is the full sequence of events as per the updated notice, so you can plan around the correct dates.

Fees and deposits you need to keep ready

Apart from tracking dates, candidates must budget for the counselling fee and a refundable security deposit, both payable online through the portal.

The counselling fee is non-refundable, while the security deposit is returned later depending on the seat type and rules of the board.

• Counselling fee: Rs 2,500 for General category candidates; Rs 1,500 for Rajasthan-domicile SC/ST candidates.
• Security deposit for Government MBBS seats: Rs 50,000.
• Security deposit for Management or NRI quota MBBS seats: Rs 2,00,000 to Rs 5,00,000.
• Security deposit for BDS seats: Rs 10,000.
• All payments must be made through online modes only — no offline or cash payment is accepted.

How to check your revised merit rank

The merit list determines the order in which seats are offered during allotment, so checking your rank carefully is the first step before finalising choices.

• Go to ug.neetrajasthan.com.
• Open the Round 1 revised merit list link on the homepage.
• Log in using your NEET UG 2026 roll number and registered password.
• Note your state merit rank as well as your category-wise rank.
• Download and save the merit list PDF for your records.

Why the auto-lock deadline matters more than the allotment date

It's easy to focus on August 22 as 'the big day' since that's when seats are allotted. But the more decisive moment for most candidates is August 20 at 11:55 PM — the choice-locking deadline. Any preferences you filled earlier remain valid, but you can still edit them until this cut-off. Once the system locks, whatever order of colleges and courses you have entered becomes final and cannot be changed for this round.

In practice, this means candidates should revisit their choice list after seeing the revised merit list, not before. Your rank position relative to the seat matrix should drive the order of colleges you list, not the other way around.

What to do between now and reporting

With a compressed few days between merit list release and college reporting, candidates should treat this as an action window rather than a waiting period.

• Download the revised merit list and confirm your rank immediately.
• Cross-check your rank against the provisional seat matrix to gauge realistic college options.
• Edit and finalise your choice list well before the 11:55 PM deadline on August 20 — don't wait until the last hour.
• Keep original certificates, category proof, and domicile documents ready in case reporting requires physical verification.
• Check the allotment result on August 22 and report to your allotted college within the August 23–27 window to avoid losing the seat.

Frequently asked questions

Rajasthan candidates should log in to ug.neetrajasthan.com today to check their revised rank and lock choices well before the August 20 deadline rather than waiting for the last minute. Keep documents ready in advance so that if a seat is allotted on August 22, reporting between August 23 and 27 goes smoothly without last-minute scrambling.