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Regulations pertaining to Admission and Fee Structure:

4.2 The Competent Authority shall prescribe in advance the number of sanctioned seats and
the ratio thereof in the Professional Institutions among the following categories:
4.2.1 Candidates who are eligible for admission on the basis of their inter-se merit
determined through the CET followed by counseling conducted by the concerned
agency of the Central/State/Union Territory Government under the general
category (here-in-after referred to as “Government General Quota”);
4.2.2 candidates who are eligible for admission on the basis of their inter-se merit
determined through the CET followed by counseling conducted by the concerned
agency of the Central/ State/Union Territory Government and who are eligible for
reservation in admission as per the existing law/ policy (here-in-after referred to
as “Government Reserved Quota”);
4.2.3 Candidates who are eligible for admission on the basis of inter-se merit in the
CET but followed by counseling conducted by the Professional Institution itself
(here-in-after referred to as “Institutional Quota”);
4.2.4 Candidates who are eligible for admission and may be admitted by the management
of a Professional Institution itself through any rational and transparent method of
selection (here-in-after referred to as “Management Quota”);

4.3 The Competent Authority shall fix the percentage of seats for the above four categories
in such a way that the total seats for the first two categories taken together shall be at least
75% of the sanctioned seats in case of unaided non-minority Professional Institutions
and at least 85% in case of aided non-minority Professional Institutions. In respect of
aided and unaided minority Professional Institutions, the total seats under categories
4.2.3 and 4.2.4 taken together shall be a maximum of 50% of the total number of
sanctioned seats.
4.4 The Competent Authority shall notify the percentage of non- minority and minority
candidates to be admitted to private aided and unaided minority Professional Institutions,
(if necessary, different percentages in case of aided and unaided ones), as also the
percentage of seats reserved for the weaker sections of society within the non-minority
segment of seats, keeping in view the population and educational needs of the minority
group concerned in the area, the type of programme(s) and all other relevant factors so
as to balance the interests of all concerned.
4.5 All reserved quotas shall be out of the percentage of seats allocated under categories
4.2.1. and 4.2.2. taken together and not out of the percentage of seats allocated under
categories 4.2.3 and 4.2.4. taken together.
4.6. The Competent Authority or its designated agency concerned shall
4.6.1 Issue a general advertisement regarding admission to Professional Institutions in
at least three leading newspapers, out of which one shall be in the local language,
indicating the procedure and schedule for admission.

4.6.2 issue a brochure containing the application form for admission; names of
Professional Institutions and their locations; full particulars of the programme(s)
offered; number of sanctioned seats available institution-wise, quota-wise, and
programme-wise; the respective fees chargeable by each Professional Institution;
the minimum eligibility criteria and conditions for admission; procedure and
schedule for admission and such other particulars as may be deemed necessary.

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