All the reservations given below shall be applicable to candidates belonging to Maharashtra State only subject to the fulfillment of the eligibility criteria specified by respective authorities from time to time.
Reservation for Backward Class category Candidates :
The percentage of seats reserved for candidates of backward class categories belonging to Maharashtra State is as per the details in table given below. The percentages of reservation are the percentages of the seats available for Maharashtra candidates, which are coming under the purview of the Competent Authority (Refer notes 1-5 given below for details). These are the minimum percentages of reservation exclusive of the backward class candidates securing allotment through General Merit by virtue of merit. Backward class candidates shall claim the category to which they belong to at the time of submission of application form for Centralized Admission.
Sr.
No. Category of Reservation Percentage of Reservation
1. Scheduled Castes and Schedule caste converts to Buddhism ( SC) 13.0 %
2. Schedule Tribes (ST) 7.0 %
3. Vimukta Jati (VJ)/De notified Tribes( DT) (NT-A) 3.0 %
4. Nomadic Tribes 1 (NT-B) 2.5 %
5. Nomadic Tribes 2 (NT-C) 3.5 %
6. Nomadic Tribes 3 (NT-D) 2.0 %
7 Other Backward Classes (OBC) 19.0 %
Total 50 %
Note :
5 % seats of the total sanctioned intake for an institute, subject to a maximum of 5 seats in each institute coming under CAP shall be reserved for
a)Children of ex- service personnel who are domiciled in Maharashtra State (DEF-1).
b)Children of active service personnel who are domiciled in Maharashtra State (DEF-2).
c)Children of active service personnel (DEF-3)
(i) Who are transferred to Maharashtra State but are not domiciled in Maharashtra State,
(ii) Who are not domiciled in Maharashtra State but their families are stationed in Maharashtra
State under the provision of retention of family accommodation at the last duty station on
grounds of children¡¦s education provided further that, such candidate should have appeared
and passed the HSC (Std. XII) examination of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and
Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent examination from a school/college situate in
the State of Maharashtra.
These seats are within the sanctioned intake capacity and are available as State Level seats. A
combined single merit list of all eligible DEF1, DEF2 & DEF3 candidates shall be prepared. Admission against the Defence category seats will be made strictly on the basis of inter se merit of combined single merit list of all eligible DEF1, DEF2 & DEF3 candidates.
Refer Pro forma C, D and E for claiming this provision.
Note : This provision is NOT available to the children of CIVILIAN STAFF who is working / who has worked in the Indian Defence Service.
Reservation for Person with Disability Candidates :
As per the provisions in Clause 39 of Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation
Act 1995, three percent (3%) seats of total sanctioned intake capacity of all the institutions coming
under CAP shall be reserved for Person with Disability candidates.
Reservation for Female candidates :
As per the provisions in Govt. Resolution No. GEC-1000/ (123/2000)/ Tech. Edu.-1, dated 17th April,
2000, 30% seats available for Maharashtra State CAP shall be reserved for female candidates in all
the courses of the institutions coming under CAP. This reservation shall be applicable for General,
SC, ST, DT/VJ (NT-A), NT-B, NT-C, NT-D and OBC categories. Seats reserved for Female candidates are available under both the 70% Home University seatsand30%Other than Home University seats coming under the CAP. There shall be no reservation for Female candidates under Defence, Person with Disability and SBC categories.
Important : All such candidates who fail to substantiate claims made (such as reservation category, PH, Defence etc.) with supporting necessary documents shall be converted to GENERAL category and/or such applications will be rejected as the case may be. Once such candidates are converted to GENERAL category and they will have to fulfill the minimum eligibility criteria as set out for a GENERAL category candidate.
Seats for the candidates belonging to the Maharashtra-Karnataka Border (disputed area) MS Type-E candidates :
These candidates will only be considered for Other than Home University (OHU)/ State Level (SL)
seats of Maharashtra State of CAP. These candidates will also be eligible for the seats remaining vacant in Un-aided Institutes after the CAP round and for additional round of Government, Government Aided, University Departments and University Managed Institutes.
Reservation for Backward Class category Candidates :
The percentage of seats reserved for candidates of backward class categories belonging to Maharashtra State is as per the details in table given below. The percentages of reservation are the percentages of the seats available for Maharashtra candidates, which are coming under the purview of the Competent Authority (Refer notes 1-5 given below for details). These are the minimum percentages of reservation exclusive of the backward class candidates securing allotment through General Merit by virtue of merit. Backward class candidates shall claim the category to which they belong to at the time of submission of application form for Centralized Admission.
Sr.
No. Category of Reservation Percentage of Reservation
1. Scheduled Castes and Schedule caste converts to Buddhism ( SC) 13.0 %
2. Schedule Tribes (ST) 7.0 %
3. Vimukta Jati (VJ)/De notified Tribes( DT) (NT-A) 3.0 %
4. Nomadic Tribes 1 (NT-B) 2.5 %
5. Nomadic Tribes 2 (NT-C) 3.5 %
6. Nomadic Tribes 3 (NT-D) 2.0 %
7 Other Backward Classes (OBC) 19.0 %
Total 50 %
Note :
- The reservation for backward class candidates shall be available in Government, Government Aided Institutes, University Dept. and University Managed Institutes and Unaided Non-Minority colleges and it will be 50% of Maharashtra State CAP seats.
- Candidates belonging to Special Backward Class (SBC) will be offered reservation up to 2% seats of the seats available for Maharashtra candidates which are coming under the purview of theCompetent Authority subject to condition that any seats remain vacant in the reserved category at the end of stage–I of allotment. These seats are carved out during the allotment stage-I and no separate seats are earmarked before the start of the allotment process. SBC Candidates having original category OBC will be considered at par with OBC Candidates.
- The candidates belonging to SC, ST, VJ/DT (NT (A) ), NT(B), NT(C), NT(D), OBC and SBC categories should produce “Caste/Tribe Validity Certificate” issued by Scrutiny Committee of Social Welfare Department/Tribal Development Department at the time of submission of CAP application form for the Admission.
- Even if the candidate belonging to Backward Class Category secures admission against a seat belonging to the General category by virtue of merit, such candidate has to produce all the necessary documents in support of the category claimed both at the time of admission and while filling up of the CAP admission form.
- All OMS candidates are treated as GENERAL/OPEN candidates and are not eligible to claim reservation for backward class category candidate.
5 % seats of the total sanctioned intake for an institute, subject to a maximum of 5 seats in each institute coming under CAP shall be reserved for
a)Children of ex- service personnel who are domiciled in Maharashtra State (DEF-1).
b)Children of active service personnel who are domiciled in Maharashtra State (DEF-2).
c)Children of active service personnel (DEF-3)
(i) Who are transferred to Maharashtra State but are not domiciled in Maharashtra State,
(ii) Who are not domiciled in Maharashtra State but their families are stationed in Maharashtra
State under the provision of retention of family accommodation at the last duty station on
grounds of children¡¦s education provided further that, such candidate should have appeared
and passed the HSC (Std. XII) examination of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and
Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent examination from a school/college situate in
the State of Maharashtra.
These seats are within the sanctioned intake capacity and are available as State Level seats. A
combined single merit list of all eligible DEF1, DEF2 & DEF3 candidates shall be prepared. Admission against the Defence category seats will be made strictly on the basis of inter se merit of combined single merit list of all eligible DEF1, DEF2 & DEF3 candidates.
Refer Pro forma C, D and E for claiming this provision.
Note : This provision is NOT available to the children of CIVILIAN STAFF who is working / who has worked in the Indian Defence Service.
Reservation for Person with Disability Candidates :
As per the provisions in Clause 39 of Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation
Act 1995, three percent (3%) seats of total sanctioned intake capacity of all the institutions coming
under CAP shall be reserved for Person with Disability candidates.
- visually impaired (blind) candidates (P1)
- speech & hearing impaired (deaf & dumb) candidates, (P2)
- Orthopedic disorders, learning disabilities, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Spastic (P3) Allotment of the seats reserved for the Person with Disability candidates shall be done on the basis of a respective inter-se merit of respective category of such candidates. These seats are available in Home University area seats only except for those colleges for which the admissions are done at state level. The state level seats will only be made available for those colleges for which the admissions are done at state level. These seats are available only for Maharashtra Domiciled candidates.
Reservation for Female candidates :
As per the provisions in Govt. Resolution No. GEC-1000/ (123/2000)/ Tech. Edu.-1, dated 17th April,
2000, 30% seats available for Maharashtra State CAP shall be reserved for female candidates in all
the courses of the institutions coming under CAP. This reservation shall be applicable for General,
SC, ST, DT/VJ (NT-A), NT-B, NT-C, NT-D and OBC categories. Seats reserved for Female candidates are available under both the 70% Home University seatsand30%Other than Home University seats coming under the CAP. There shall be no reservation for Female candidates under Defence, Person with Disability and SBC categories.
Important : All such candidates who fail to substantiate claims made (such as reservation category, PH, Defence etc.) with supporting necessary documents shall be converted to GENERAL category and/or such applications will be rejected as the case may be. Once such candidates are converted to GENERAL category and they will have to fulfill the minimum eligibility criteria as set out for a GENERAL category candidate.
Seats for the candidates belonging to the Maharashtra-Karnataka Border (disputed area) MS Type-E candidates :
These candidates will only be considered for Other than Home University (OHU)/ State Level (SL)
seats of Maharashtra State of CAP. These candidates will also be eligible for the seats remaining vacant in Un-aided Institutes after the CAP round and for additional round of Government, Government Aided, University Departments and University Managed Institutes.