The Supreme Court has asked six states to reply to the allegations that they were usurping the Post Graduate medical seats for the all-India quota by not disclosing the vacant seats in their medical colleges.

A vacation bench of justices H L Gokhale and Ranjana Prakash Desai issued notices to Delhi, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana on a petition by a girl medico.

All PG seats in medicine in all states except, Jammu and Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh are divided into two categories all India quota seats and the state quota seats.

While the all-India quota seats are unreserved and are alloted only on the basis of merit in the all-India entrance examination for MD/MS/PG Diploma and MDS courses conducted by the AIIMS, the state quota seats are alloted on the basis of the common entrance exam at the local level in which only domiciled students can appear.