Odisha OJEE NEET UG 2026 —
Provisional Allotment Out, Objection Window Closed
OJEE revised its Round 1 schedule a second time on 20 August 2026 (Notice No. OJEE/430), then went further and re-revised the Final State Merit List itself on 24 August, after the 1st Phase Registration closed. Per that schedule, the 1st Round Provisional Allotment was released 24 August, and the objection window on it closed 25 August at 2:00 PM. The final 1st Round Allotment is expected around 26 August — check odishajee.com directly once it is out, since OJEE has not restated this date since the 20 August notice. Every current date below.
Last verified · 25 August 2026 · against odishajee.com, OJEE Notice No. OJEE/430 (20 Aug) and the Re-Revised Final State Merit List notice (24 Aug)
View Odisha MBBS Fees →The short version. OJEE, Odisha's state counselling authority, opened Notice No. OJEE/389 on 5 August 2026: the tentative schedule for State Quota MBBS/BDS counselling, session 2026-27. Registration ran 6 to 10 August 2026. The provisional State Merit List published 13 August. Round 1's schedule has since been revised twice — most recently by Notice No. OJEE/430, dated 20 August 2026 — and OJEE separately re-revised the Final State Merit List itself on 24 August, after the 1st Phase Registration closed. Per that schedule, the 1st Round Provisional Allotment was released 24 August, the objection window on it closed 25 August at 2:00 PM, and the final 1st Round Allotment is expected around 26 August, with admission and reporting running 28 August to 6 September. Round 2 and Round 3 dates as previously published (8 September and 25 September) have not been restated in this revision and should be treated as provisional. Only Odisha State Natives are eligible for state quota seats — candidates from other states may apply only for NRI quota seats. A State Rank is mandatory to participate at all.
Live update · 8 August 2026 · Notice No. OJEE/0401
If you hold both Gen-EWS and Odisha SEBC, you must pick one — and the choice is final. OJEE issued a notice on 8 August for NEET-UG 2026 candidates entering state counselling for Odisha state quota seats. It applies to anyone who applied under Gen-EWS in their NEET-UG application and also holds a valid SEBC certificate issued by the competent authority of the Government of Odisha.
| Requirement | What it means |
|---|---|
| Category declaration | During online registration for OJEE state counselling, you must explicitly declare your final category choice — Gen-EWS or SEBC. Not both. |
| Document verification | Choosing SEBC means producing a valid SEBC certificate issued by the competent authority of the Government of Odisha. A certificate from another state does not work here. |
| Binding choice | The category selected at OJEE registration is treated as final. No request for a category change will be entertained at a later stage, under any circumstances. |
The state merit list and seat allotment are generated from whichever category you declare. Claiming benefit under both simultaneously is not permitted. Work out which one gives you the better position before you open the registration form, because the form is where the decision gets locked — there is no correction window for this.
The comparison is not obvious. Gen-EWS and SEBC cut-offs move differently year to year and by college, and the seat counts differ. If you hold both certificates and are unsure, work through the previous year's closing ranks for both categories at the colleges you actually want, rather than assuming reserved is automatically better.
Odisha State Quota Is
Odisha Domicile Only
OJEE's own notice states this without hedging: only NEET UG 2026 qualified candidates who are Odisha State Natives are eligible for the state quota MBBS and BDS seats. Candidates from other states may be eligible for NRI quota seats only, and the notice tells candidates directly to ensure their own eligibility before registering — nobody is going to check for you in advance and tell you not to bother.
The honest read for a Northeast India candidate. Without Odisha domicile, this state quota schedule is not your door. The 15% All India Quota through MCC remains open regardless of home state, and Odisha's NRI quota seats are the only other route this notice mentions — a narrower, fee-heavy path that needs its own verification with OJEE directly. MCC's own schedule →
Revised twice, then the merit list itself re-revised · OJEE/420 (16 Aug), OJEE/430 (20 Aug), Re-Revised Final State Merit List (24 Aug)
OJEE first revised its schedule on 16 August (Notice OJEE/420), stating plainly: “With the modification in MCC counselling schedule for All India Quota Seats counselling process, a minor revision has been made to the tentative schedule” published on 5 August (OJEE/398). Then, on 20 August, Notice No. OJEE/430 revised Round 1 a second time, citing both MCC's further modification and a revision to the State Quota Seats Schedule published 19 August. This time even the 1st Round Allotment date itself moved — from 22 to 26 August — which had held steady through the first revision. On 24 August, after 1st Phase Registration closed, OJEE went a step further and published a “Re-Revised Final State Merit List for MBBS/BDS Admission 2026-27” — so candidates should check their rank and category against this newest list, not the one published 14 August. Every step from choice filling onward is marked in red in the table below.
Registration Through First
Round Allotment
| Activity | Date |
|---|---|
| Registration, online application, uploading documents for online verification | 6 Aug 2026, 5:00 PM – 10 Aug 2026, 11:59 PM |
| PwD/PC candidates: Medical Assessment Board, SCB Medical College, Cuttack | 10 & 11 Aug 2026 |
| ES candidates: ES Board, Rajya Sainik Board, IRC Village, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar | 10 & 11 Aug 2026 |
| Reconciliation and verification of data | 11 & 12 Aug 2026 |
| Publication of provisional State Merit List | 13 Aug 2026, 4:00 PM |
| Query window on the merit list | 14 Aug 2026, by 11:30 AM |
| Publication of final State Merit List | 14 Aug 2026, 5:00 PM |
| Choice filling, all State Merit Listed candidates | 2nd revision — 14 Aug 8:30 PM – 22 Aug 2026, 5:00 PM |
| Choice locking activity starts | 2nd revision — 22 Aug 2026, 11:30 AM |
| Reconciliation of data | 2nd revision — 23 Aug 2026 |
| Re-Revised Final State Merit List published (after 1st Phase Registration) | 24 Aug 2026 |
| 1st Round Provisional Allotment | 2nd revision — 24 Aug 2026, 2:00 PM |
| Invitation for query on provisional allotment | 2nd revision — 25 Aug 2026, 2:00 PM (window closed today) |
| Publication of 1st Round Allotment, download letter | 2nd revision — 26 Aug 2026, 11:30 AM (expected; not yet confirmed published as of 25 Aug — check odishajee.com) |
| Provisional admission — fee payment, reporting at OJEE Cell, Gandamunda, with originals and signed bond | 2nd revision — 28 Aug – 6 Sep 2026 |
| Withdrawal (resignation) from admission process | 23 Aug 5:00 PM – 30 Aug 2026, 11:59 PM (not restated in OJEE/430 — confirm on portal) |
The Round 2 vacant-seat display date (31 August, per the first revision) sits inside the new Round 1 admission window (28 August – 6 September). OJEE's 20 August notice revises Round 1 only and states everything else from OJEE/398 stays unchanged — it does not address this overlap. Treat Round 2 dates as provisional and confirm directly on ojee.nic.in once Round 1 reporting concludes; a College-wise Reporting Schedule is still promised separately, in due course.
For Vacant Seats and
New Registrants
| Activity | Date |
|---|---|
| Display of vacant seats | 31 Aug 2026, 5:00 PM |
| Registration and document upload for 2nd round | 31 Aug 5:00 PM – 2 Sep 2026, 11:59 PM |
| Publication of provisional revised State Merit List | 3 Sep 2026, 5:00 PM |
| Query on revised merit list | 4 Sep 2026, 12 Noon |
| Publication of final revised State Merit List, Round 2 | 4 Sep 2026, 5:00 PM |
| Choice filling and locking | 4 Sep 7:00 PM – 6 Sep 2026, 4:30 PM |
| 2nd Round Provisional Allotment | 7 Sep 2026, 5:00 PM |
| Query on provisional allotment | 8 Sep 2026, 11:30 AM |
| Publication of 2nd Round Allotment, download letter | 8 Sep 2026, 7:00 PM |
| Provisional admission — fee payment and reporting | 9 – 14 Sep 2026 |
| Withdrawal (resignation) | 9 Sep 5:00 PM – 16 Sep 2026, 5:00 PM |
The Last Two Passes,
Into October
| Activity | Date |
|---|---|
| Registration and document upload for 3rd round | 16 Sep 5:00 PM – 17 Sep 2026, 11:59 PM |
| Publication of revised State Merit List | 19 Sep 2026, 5:00 PM |
| Choice filling and locking | 19 Sep 7:00 PM – 21 Sep 2026, 4:30 PM |
| 3rd Round Provisional Allotment | 23 Sep 2026, 5:00 PM |
| Query on provisional allotment | 24 Sep 2026, 5:00 PM |
| Publication of 3rd Round Allotment, download letter | 25 Sep 2026, 5:00 PM |
| Provisional admission — fee payment and reporting | 27 Sep – 1 Oct 2026 |
| Stray Vacancy round | 3 – 5 October 2026 |
A State Rank is mandatory to participate in state counselling for every State Quota Seat under Odisha's MBBS/BDS courses — there is no route into this process without one. College-wise reporting schedule is notified separately, in due course, once allotment for each round is out.
Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE), Notice No. OJEE/389, dated 5 August 2026: “Tentative Counselling Schedule for Qualified NEET UG-2026 Candidates for Admission to MBBS/BDS Course Under State Quota Seats.” Revised by Notice No. OJEE/420, dated 16 August 2026, and again by Notice No. OJEE/430, dated 20 August 2026 (“2nd Revised 1st Round Counselling Activities for Admission to MBBS/BDS Course Under State Quota Seats”), both citing modifications to MCC's own All India Quota counselling schedule. A revised list of PwBD (PwD/PC)-eligible candidates followed on 19 August, and a further notice, “Re-Revised Final State Merit List for MBBS/BDS Admission 2026-27 (After 1st Phase Registration),” was published on 24 August 2026 — the most recent notice found as of this page's last check. Signed by the Chairman, OJEE. Registration and updates at ojee.nic.in and odishajee.com; email odishaojee@gmail.com. The notice is explicitly titled tentative — verify every date directly before you act, and expect the schedule to move.
How to use this page. Every date here was checked against the official counselling authority's own website, odishajee.com, on 25 August 2026, against Notice No. OJEE/430 (20 August) and the Re-Revised Final State Merit List notice (24 August). State authorities extend and revise deadlines at short notice, sometimes with only a few hours' warning, so treat this page as a starting point and confirm the current date on the official portal before you pay any fee. Orchid Education Foundation is an independent admission guidance firm. We are not an agent of any counselling authority, we cannot influence any allotment, and no seat in India can be obtained without a valid NEET UG 2026 score.
Questions Parents Ask Us
The Odisha Joint Entrance Examination authority, which runs state medical counselling for Odisha. Notice No. OJEE/389, dated 5 August 2026, is the Tentative Counselling Schedule for qualified NEET UG 2026 candidates seeking MBBS/BDS admission under State Quota Seats for the 2026-27 session — covering registration through to a stray vacancy round in October.
Only for NRI quota seats. The notice states plainly that only Odisha State Natives are eligible for the state quota MBBS and BDS seats; candidates from other states may be eligible only for NRI quota seats, and candidates are told to confirm their own eligibility before registering. If you don't hold Odisha domicile, this is not an open door the way the 15% All India Quota is.
6 August 2026 at 5:00 PM, closing 10 August 2026 at 11:59 PM, alongside uploading documents for online verification. PwD/PC candidates and Ex-Serviceman-category candidates have a separate, mandatory in-person step in the same window — the PwD/PC Medical Assessment Board sits at SCB Medical College, Cuttack, and the ES Board sits at Rajya Sainik Board, IRC Village, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar, both on 10 and 11 August 2026.
You lose the reservation, not just the appointment. OJEE's own notice states this without qualification: candidates missing the dates to appear before the applicable Medical Assessment Board or Ex-Serviceman board shall be deprived of getting PwD or ES reservations. There is no mention of a makeup date in this notice.
Three full rounds plus a stray vacancy round, running from registration in early August into October 2026. After OJEE's second revision (Notice No. OJEE/430, dated 20 August 2026) and a further Re-Revised Final State Merit List published 24 August, the 1st Round Provisional Allotment was released 24 August, the objection window on it closed 25 August at 2:00 PM, and the final 1st Round Allotment is expected around 26 August, with admission and reporting running 28 August to 6 September. Round 2 and Round 3 dates as previously published (8 September and 25 September) have not been restated in this revision and may themselves shift given the later Round 1 reporting window — confirm at odishajee.com rather than assume. Each round has its own registration window for candidates who didn't get in earlier, so a slow start in Round 1 is not necessarily the end of the road — but each successive round is also thinner on seats.
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