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The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) released the admit cards for the Institute of National Importance Combined Entrance Test (INI CET) January session. Registered applicants can download their hall tickets through the official website, aiimsexams.ac.in, using their login credentials. While the hall tickets were released on time, candidates are annoyed as they alleged that they have been allotted examination halls very far from their address of residence. Some stakeholders conducted survey on social media platform, WhatsApp, about how many students have gotten their choice of examination centre. As per the survey, nearly 1,400 got nearest city from first choice state, while 2,800 aspirants got a centre far away from their first choice state. Only 67 students reported getting their second choice of state, 29 reported third choice of state, and 57 students got a city outside their selected states. "It’s very unfortunate - AIIMS INICET has started behaving like NBE!" said an 'X' (earlier known as Twitter) user '@drvibhorgupta29'. "Despite asking doctors to select their 1st Preferred State, INICET Exam Centre allotment has placed many in far-off cities from that preference." Another X user, @ravikbh, stated that "Looks like Inicet is conducted by bunch of sadists. They release admit card one week before with centers as far as 600km from home town like Bangalore and expect to get train tickets in 5 days notice." This issue was also raised by FAIMS, who sent an official letter to the Assistant Controller of Examination, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. "The Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) wishes to bring to your kind notice the concerns of several aspirants appearing for the upcoming INI-CET, January 2026 session scheduled on 9th November, 2025. It has been reported by many candidates that they have been allotted examination centres located very far from their present residences or states, in some cases several hundred kilometres away," FAIMS said in the official letter. "Considering the limited time left for the examination and the difficulties in arranging travel at such short notice, especially to distant states with limited transport connectivity, it would be practically impossible for many aspirants to reach their allotted centres in time. In view of this genuine hardship faced by the examinees, FAIMA earnestly requests the Examination Division of AIIMS to kindly consider reallocation of nearby examination centres to the affected candidates and to reissue the admit cards at the earliest. This will ensure that deserving aspirants are not disadvantaged due to logistical issues beyond their control," the letter added. "We hope for your kind consideration and an early positive response in the interest of thousands of medical postgraduates across the country."
