Smriti Irani directs JoSAA to refund fees to candidates who wish to surrender seats, fill vacant seats

HRD Minister Smriti Irani has asked Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA), which conducted counselling sessions for admissions to IITs, NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs to refund seat acceptance fee to those candidates who either wish to withdraw admissions or surrender their allotted seats.

The HRD Minister also directed the authorities to find ways to fill more than 3000 vacant IIT/NIT/IIIT/GFTI seats that was to be filled under JoSAA, according to media reports.

In a meeting held on Tuesday, August 5, attended by HRD Minister along with the top ministry officials and JoSAA authorities,  Ms Irani also questioned the JoSAA authorities on deviating from the court orders and HRD ministry guidelines on ‘Fee Refund’ and other aspects of admission policy that includes maintaining a long waiting list in case seats remain unfilled.

What does HRD Ministry policy say on 'fee refund'?

According to HRD policy on admissions into academic institutions, institutes are required to refund entire fee, after deduction a processing fee of not more than Rs. 1000, if a candidate wish to withdraw admission before the last date of admission. Also, the HRD Policy directs that “should a student leave after joining the course and consequently the seat falling vacant has been filled by another candidate by the last date of admission, the institution must return the fee collected with proportionate deduction of monthly fee and proportionate hostel rent, where applicable.”

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MHRD allows all JEE candidates to participate in CSAB special round counselling; date extended till Aug 17

After hundreds of requests from anxious candidates and parents flooded MHRD mail inbox on discrepancies regarding special counseling round being conducted by CSAB, the ministry has directed CSAB to allow all JEE Main 2015 candidates to participate in its special round of counselling for filling over 3000 vacant seats in NITs/IIITs/GFTIs. Subsequently,  the  The date of registration, fee payment, choice filling and locking has been extended till August 17

CSAB extends Registration & Choice Filling of special round for NITs, IIITs & GFTIs Admissions till August 17

Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) has revised the counselling schedule for special round of admissions to over 3000 vacant seats across NITs, IIITs & GFTIs. The date of registration, fee payment, choice filling and locking has been extended till August 17, which was earlier August 11. With seats remaining vacant in these prestigious institutes after fourth round of counselling under JoSAA, CSAB had announced a special round of counselling from August 9, 2015.

The ‘Special Round of CSAB 2015 for NITs+ systems’ was announced after the CSAB Core Committee found that more than 3000 seats in different participating institutes remained vacant as candidates didn’t turn up for the final reporting at their respective allotted institutes.

As per the CSAB, the online registration and choice filling will end on August 17 and the seat allotment result will be published on August 18. Find below the revised schedule:

Revised Schedule for Special Round - CSAB Counselling for NITs/IIITs/GFTIs:

Counselling Activity	Schedule
Payment of commitment fee of Rs.45,000 or Rs. 20,000 as per category of the candidate through State Bank of India (SBI) by e-challan.	9th To 11th Aug, 2015 Till 05.00 PM, Extended till August 17 (5 PM)
ONLINE Registration, Filling up the Choices and Locking of Choices (It may take around six hours to enable your registration and choice filling from the time of payment of initial fee at SBI)	9th to 11th Aug, 2015 till Midnight, Extended till August 17 (midnight)
Publishing of seat allotment result	12th Aug, 2015, Postponed to August 18
Directly Report (in Person) to the Allotted Institutes with Original and one set of Self attested Photocopy of all documents for verification	Permitted for admission only, if documents found in order,Scheduled from August 18 to 26

Commitment Fee and Fee Refund:

• If any candidate got the seat in this round and he/she reports to the allotted Institute then commitment fee will be adjusted in the Institute fee.
• If any candidate got the seat in this round and does not report, then his/her Commitment Fee shall be refunded after deducting the Processing Fee (Rs. 1000).
• If any candidate does not get any seat, then their deposited Commitment Fee will be refunded after deducting the Processing Fee (Rs. 1000).

Moreover, Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) 2015 has also made following important decisions in the core committee meeting that was held on August 5-

• The special round of counseling may allow the same categories as in the earlier rounds.
• The following categories of participants may also be allowed to participate in the proposed Counseling under CSAB 2015 as has been done in earlier rounds-

1. Those who have registered and allotted a seat but did not accepted that seat. It includes dual reporting candidates who also did not report again.
2. Those who have accepted seats but not reported at allotted institutes.
3. Those candidates who got withdrawal/ cancellation at PI

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