Archive · 24 Aug 2026
Maharashtra CET Cell Sets Rules for Vacant Seats
The Maharashtra CET Cell has explained how colleges should fill seats left vacant after regular CAP admissions.
Colleges can start this process only after every CAP round is finished.
They must follow Rule 13 and choose eligible students using merit.
Colleges must publish their admission rules and procedures on their websites.
Students can apply directly to a college or use an option form through their CAP portal login if direct applications are unavailable.
Colleges must prepare and display a merit list online and on their notice boards.
They must update every confirmed admission on the CAP portal.
The CET Cell warned families not to trust agents, private counsellors, rumours or unofficial information.
Students should check admission details only through official CET Cell or college websites.
Institutional-level admissions may begin only after all CAP rounds are completed.
Colleges must follow Rule 13 and admit eligible candidates according to inter-se merit.
Admission rules, procedures and prospectuses must be published on official college websites.
Colleges must display merit lists online and on notice boards, then update confirmed admissions on the CAP portal.
Students and parents were warned against agents, intermediaries, private counsellors, rumours and unauthorised sources.
- Who
- The Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test Cell, colleges under the Department of Technical Education, students and parents.
- What
- Guidelines were issued for institutional-level admissions to seats vacant after the Centralised Admission Process rounds.
- When
- Only after all CAP rounds are completed; no specific calendar date was stated.
- Where
- At colleges offering courses under Maharashtra’s Department of Technical Education, with details published on official websites and the CAP portal.
- Why
- To ensure transparent, merit-based admissions and compliance with prescribed admission rules.
- Governing rule
- Institutional-level admissions must follow Rule 13 of the applicable Information Brochure.
- Eligibility timing
- Colleges may conduct institutional-level admissions only after all CAP rounds are completed.
- Selection basis
- Seats must be offered according to the inter-se merit of eligible applicants.
- Application route
- Candidates may apply directly to the concerned college or submit an institutional-level Option Form through their CAP portal login when direct applications are unavailable.
- Merit list
- Colleges must prepare a merit list from eligible applications and the student list provided by the CET Cell, then display it online and on notice boards.
- Admission updates
- Confirmed institutional-level admissions must be immediately recorded on the CAP portal.
- Public warning
- Students and parents were advised to rely on official CET Cell and college sources and avoid agents, intermediaries, private counsellors and unauthorised information.
