Out of the total intake of seats in a
professional educational institution,-
(i) (a) in an aided institution, all Government seats shall be filled through the
State Common Entrance Test Committee in accordance with section 3(6)
subject to the reservation policy of the State Government; and
(b) the remaining seats shall be general seats.
(ii) (a) in an unaided non-minority institution fifty percent of the seats shall be
reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the
Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes from the State as notified
by the State Government; and
(b) the remaining seats shall be general category seats. Out of the general
category seats upto fifteen percent may be filled by candidates belonging
to the Non-Resident Indian quota:
Provided that where the seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes,
Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes in an unaided non minority
institution are left unfilled due to non-availability of the candidates, or where
students of reserved categories leave after they select the seats, the same shall
be filled by the candidates belonging to the same category out of the merit list of
the Common Entrance Test conducted by the State Common Entrance Test
Committee:
Provided further that if seats are remain unfilled even thereafter, such
unfilled seats shall be filled from the student belonging to general merit on the
basis of merit through the Common Entrance Test conducted by the association
of Unaided Private Professional Educational Institutions.
(iii) (a) In an unaided minority professional educational institution, not less than
sixty six percent of the seats shall be filled by minority students from
within the State belonging to the minority community to which the
institution belongs on the basis of interse merit in the merit list of the
Common Entrance Test of the Association of Private Professional
educational institutions; and
(b) the remaining seats shall be the general category seats. Out of the
general category seats, upto fifteen percent may be filled by candidates
belonging to the Non Resident Indian quota:
Provided that if any seats earmarked for the minority category in unaided
institutions remain unfilled or where the students leave after selection of seat the
same shall be filled by minority students of the same categories out of the merit
list of the Common Entrance Test conducted by the State Common Entrance
Test Committee:
Provided further that if seats are remain unfilled even thereafter, such
unfilled seats shall be filled from the student belonging to general merit on the
basis of merit through the Common Entrance Test conducted by the association
of Unaided Private Professional Educational Institutions.
(iv) Admission to all seats in a private unaided professional educational
institutions including reserved or general category seats but excluding the seats
which may be filled by Non-resident Indian candidates, shall be made on the basis of
merit by following the procedure of Common Entrance test followed by centralized
counseling conducted in the manner as specified by the Admission Overseeing
Committee.
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