DCET 2019|POST SEAT ALLOTMENT PROCEDURE – CHOICES BEFORE A CANDIDATE

POST SEAT ALLOTMENT PROCEDURE – CHOICES BEFORE A CANDIDATE

Choice 1: Satisfied with the allotted seat and candidate is willing to report to the allotted college, therefore candidate will not be considered for further allotment of seats in any 

subsequent round for any discipline. Such candidates should pay the prescribed fees by downloading the allotted details in the Helpline Centres, obtain the admission order and report to the college and immediately login to their Option Entry Log-In-Id and report to KEA that they have joined the College. Further the College Authority will have to login to their College Login-ID and report that the respective candidate has joined the College. If a candidate fails to report back to KEA that they have joined, then seat will 

be cancelled even though they might have physically joined. 

Further any candidate who has paid the fees and obtained the Admission Order and fails to report to the College on or before the last date and time specified by KEA in the 

Admission Order, for such candidates no extension of time will be given and the 

allotment made in his favour shall be treated as Cancelled and he / she has no claim 

further on such allotment and they will not be considered for allotment of seats in the 

subsequent round. Such seats shall revert back to the pool and fee paid by them will be 

forfeited. 

Implication: Not eligible to participate in the subsequent rounds. 

Important: Before opting this choice candidate is advised to be sure as he / she cannot 

come back to Option Entry Process in DCET-2018. 

Choice2: Satisfied with the allotted seat but wishes to participate in the next round. I will pay the 

prescribed fees by downloading the Challan / allotted details from the KEA website for 

the seat confirmed or allotted in the first round. If higher options gets allotted then 

earlier allotted seat gets cancelled automatically OR if higher options seats are not 

allotted then earlier allotted seat shall remains in candidates favour. 

Implication: Eligible to participate in the subsequent round keeping the seat allotted on 

hold. However, if a seat in the higher options gets allotted the candidate loses his old 

seat. There is no choice between the seats. 

Important: Fresh options will be permitted only when the new college / courses which 

are included in the seat matrix after the allotment of first round.

Choice3: Not satisfied with allotted seat but wishes to participate in the next round with fresh 

options by surrendering the allotted seat. 

Implication: Eligible to participate in the subsequent round with fresh options and no 

hold on allotted seat. 

Choice4: Not satisfied with KEA allotted seat and candidate has got seat elsewhere, so candidate is 

quitting and not to be considered for allotment of seats in any of the further rounds. 

Implication: Not eligible to participate in the subsequent round no hold on the allotted 

seat and seat allotted earlier will get cancelled. 

NOTE: If a candidate fails to exercise any of the above 4 choices within the stipulated date and 

time then the seat allotted to such candidate stands cancelled automatically without any 

further notice in this regard and who will not be allowed to participate in further rounds. 

It is the endeavor of the Government that no seat should mis-utilized as all seats under 

Government quota are subsidized for the meritorious students.

First round of seat allotment - Instructions to Candidates 

As per the seat matrix which will be issued by the Government, Seat Allotment will be made by 

following the Roster System based on the Merit / Rank of the candidate and based on priority of 

options entered by the candidates. 

 After verifying the seat allotment results, the candidates can take the decisions as detailed below: 

a) The candidates have to confirm themselves about their seat allotment in the first round. If the 

candidate is satisfied with the allotted seat, then exercise Choice-1 on the KEA web-portal. 

b) If the candidate feels that the seat allotted to him / her in the first round is acceptable but 

wishes to participate in the next round for higher order options above the seat allotted, then 

exercise Choice-2 on the KEA web-portal. 

c) If the candidate is not satisfied with the allotted seat in the first round but wishes to 

participate in the next round for better options, then exercise Choice-3 on the KEA web-

portal. 

d) If the candidate is not satisfied with the allotted seat in the first round and also not interested 

to participate in any rounds as the candidate has got seat elsewhere, then exercise Choice-4

on the KEA web-portal.

The candidates who exercise Choice-1 Should follow the guidelines detailed below:
a. The candidate has to confirm that he / she is satisfied with the allotted seat in the first
round.
b. If satisfied, exercise Choice-1 on the KEA Web-portal.
c. Then candidate has to download / print the Challan from the KEA website which is in
Triplicate.
d. In the Challan, the details of the candidate will be pre-printed, such as Name, CET Number,
College / Course Allotted details, Fee to be paid, Bank Account Number. Candidate has to
confirm the printed details and affix the signature on the Challan.
e. After downloading the Challan, candidate has to pay the prescribed fee in any nearest Bank
which will be notified by KEA.
f. After receipt of the payment, bank will return the candidate copy to the candidate by
retaining the KEA and Bank copy.
g. After one hour of making the payment, candidate will be able to download the Admission
Order.
h. Download the Admission Order and print the same and affix the signature on the Admission
Order.
i. Report to the college along with the Original Documents on or before the last date
mentioned in the Admission Order.
The candidates who exercise Choice-2 should follow the guidelines detailed below:
• The candidate who exercise Choice-2, have to compulsorily pay the prescribed fees for
the confirmed / allotted seat in the first round. But Neither they can download the Admission
Order NOR join the allotted college but will wait for the Second and Final Round.
• Candidates who exercise Choice-2 are participating in the Second Round by holding the seat
allotted to them in the First round. If better options are allotted to them, the earlier seat will
automatically stand cancelled. OR if any of the Options are not allotted, then the seat allotted
to them in the first round will remain with the candidate.
• The seat allotted to the candidate in the first round will be considered as last option in the
second round. If any of the better Options are not allotted, then the seat allotted to them in
the second round will remain with the candidate.

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