Government of Karnataka

Karnataka Examinations Authority

CET-2012- INSTRUCTION MANUAL and USER HAND BOOK FOR
Online seat allotment by obtaining options from the candidates for admission to
Medical, Dental, Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, Unani, Naturopathy & Yoga, Engineering /
Technology and Architecture courses
[CENTRALISED SEAT ALLOTMENT PROCESS (CAP)]

KARNATAKA EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY

Sampige Road, 18th Cross, Malleshwaram, Bangalore - 560 012.
Helpline Numbers: 08023461575, 23462599, 23462758, 23568201, 23568202 Fax: 080 - 23461576

Website: http://kea.kar.nic.in e-mail: [email protected]

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Table of Contents
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PARTICULARS

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INTRODUCTION

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HOW TO ENTER THE KEA WEBSITE?

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HOW TO LOGIN FOR THE FIRST TIME?

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HOW TO LOGOUT?

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HOW TO CHANGE PASSWORD?

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PREPARATORY HOME WORK

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OPTION WORK SHEET

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DETAILED OPTION WORK SHEET

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WHEN CAN A CANDIDATE KEY IN THEIR PREFERRED OPTIONS?

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A NOTE ON MOCK ALLOTMENT

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WHY DO WE CONDUCT MOCK ALLOTMENT?

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CANDIDATES OPTIONS ENTRY

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HOW TO GET THE COLLEGE WISE AND COURSE WISE LIST?

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FAQS ON OPTION ENTRY

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MODIFYING ORDER OF OPTIONS

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DELETE OPTIONS

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PRINT OPTION REPORT (SUMMARY / DETAILED)

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OPTIONS ENTRY EXAMPLE

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VIEW LOGIN DETAILS

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ADMISSION ROUND

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ILLUSTRATION FOR ALLOTMENT OF SEAT (FOR THE BENEFIT

OF THE CANDIDATES)
POST SEAT ALLOTMENT PROCEDURE CHOICE BEFORE A
CANDIDATE

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30

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CASUAL VACANCY ROUND

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A NOTE ON REFUND AND FORFEITURE OF FEE

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FAQS ON ONLINE SEAT ALLOTMENT

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Dear Candidate
CONGRATULATIONS! You are a CET Rank Holder and have successfully completed your verification
process.

1. Karnataka Examinations Authority is conducting online seat allotment by obtaining the options
from CET Rank holders for admission to Medical, Dental, Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, Unani,
Naturopathy & Yoga, Engineering / Technology and Architecture courses. Seats will be
allotted based on the merit and priority of options entered by the candidates.

For the online seat allotment process, NIC, Karnataka along with KEA has worked out a simple user
friendly software to make your experience of choosing a professional college and course as simple and
convenient as possible. This is your user manual which helps you to navigate through the entire process
of accessing the seat allotment, keying in your options in order of priority, securing an allotment of
seat, and finally joining the college of your choice. We advise you to read this thoroughly. As always we
are there with you, and you can communicate with as on email: [email protected], KEA Face
Book, Website: http://kea.kar.nic.in

All candidates are advised to read the USER Manual carefully and understand the process
clearly before keying in options.

An audio visual tutorial DVD in English and Kannada on the online seat allotment process has
been given to you so as to enable all eligible candidates to make use of the online process more
effectively.

Candidates are required to make the right choices thereby ensuring that the seat allotment
process is completed successfully. KEA will bring out important and relevant information from
time to time for smooth implementation of online counseling.

All such information that is periodically updated would be available on KEA website
http://kea.kar.nic.in , Helpline Centres and through newspaper notifications.

The information given in this Instruction Manual is the latest and this is your USER HAND BOOK for the
Online Seat Allotment Process. This has been arrived at and has evolved from interactions with candidates /
parents all over the State and through feedback given to us. Every candidate and parent is expected to read
through and understand their roles and responsibilities fully. Karnataka Examinations Authority will not be
responsible for any consequences arriving due to parents / candidates not reading the Instruction Manual
carefully and not fulfilling their role and responsibility as indicated in the Instruction Manual and following
the schedule issued through Press Notifications, Website Notifications and Helpline Centres from time to
time.

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2. Essentials that a candidate must have when you leave the Helpline Centre after successful
verification of your documents are(a)

Verification Slip

(b)

Unique Keyword

(c)

Instruction Manual & User Hand Book

(d) E-Tutorial on Option Entry in the form of an Audio-Visual DVD.

(a) Verification Slip: A Verification Slip will be given to all the candidates on successful
verification of the documents. Candidates are requested to verify all the details printed on it
and if any wrong entries are made therein bring it to the notice of the Chief Nodal Officer of
your Helpline Centre immediately.
(b) Unique Keyword: Unique Keyword consisting of eight alphanumeric characters will be printed
on the Verification Slip. This KEYWORD is UNIQUE to every candidate. You are required to
keep it confidential and this is to be used for your access to the Option Entry Login on the
KEA website.
(c) Instruction Manual & User Hand Book: This is the book that you are reading now. This book
will guide you through the minute details of your Option Entry process, Seat Allotment and
Payment of fees and reporting to the college.
(d) Audio Visual DVD: This is an e-tutorial that guides you through the entire process of online
seat allotment.
HOW TO ENTER THE KEA WEBSITE?

Open any browser (use Internet Explorer, Firefox for better view) and enter http://kea.kar.nic.in in
the address bar and then hit Enter.

After successful entry of the website address candidates have to select the link titled as UGCET2012 OPTION ENTRY which will take you to next screen.
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How to Login for the First Time?

Every Candidate has to enter his / her CET Number, CET Application Number along with the unique keyword
which was printed on the verification slip issued to him / her after verification.
Step 1:

Open any browser (use Internet Explorer, Firefox for better view) and enter the website name as
http://kea.kar.nic.in in the address bar. Hit Enter Button in the key board.

Step 2:

Enter the CET Admission Ticket Number in the text box of the home page.
Click Submit button

Step 3:

Enter Application Number which is on the application form.

Enter Secret Unique Keyword Provided after completion of verification of documents.
Enter New Password (should consist of at least one alphabet and one number and should be of at least
eight characters) (This is your secret Password, do not let others know to prevent misuse)
Confirm New Password (should same as your New Password)
Enter your Mobile Number (should be a valid mobile number in India, this is the number to which SMS
alerts will be sent by KEA ,so it is very important that you enter the number carefully. Just as you have
done in the Application Form that you filled in the Verification Centre)
Enter your E-Mail Id (should be a valid e-mail id and this is the e-mail id to which log in and log out
details will be sent ,so it is important that you enter carefully and check the details)
Select Secret Hint question from the List
Type hint answer for the secret question

Step 4:

USER ID and Password will be created for future access. Please remember the same and keep it
confidential. KEA will not be responsible for consequences arising from misuse of Password and
confidential Log-in-Id.

Step 5:

Click Login Button.

Candidates should verify their basic information such as name, category, rank, etc.
You will enter your Homepage on the Option Entry website.
Check your details appearing on this page-you will see your name, CET Rank, your Rank discipline
wise, whether you are eligible to the Supernumerary Quota etc.

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How to Logout?
Each time you log in remember you have accessed your homepage. Take care to see that you logout
completely by clicking on the log out button. The candidate must logout after completing the session for
option filling at any time and should not close the window as such.
Welcome Raghavendra T K CET No: AW123 Rank: Medical-5,

Log Out

ISM&H-5, Engineering-263, Architecture-10

Change Password
Candidate's Option Entry Always take a printout after
filing options
Option Entry Example
Option Work Sheet
Detailed Option Work Sheet
Print Option Report Short Detailed
View Login Details

How to change Password?

Correctly, check all the basic details which you have entered earlier. After ascertaining the correctness
of the entry the system will allow the candidate to enter the new password. Please remember this password for
continuation of the process of registration, option filling and option saving. This password or changed password
will be required till completion of Online Allotment Process. You can change your password any number of
times.
Change Password option is used to change password of the candidate login. You can change your
Password for secured login.
Step 1:

Step 2:

Go to Home Page.
Click the link Change Password.

Enter Current Password

Enter New Password
Re-enter New Password and click the button
Change Password. You have successfully changed
your password.

Your password needs to be carefully and confidentially retained by you. KEA will not be responsible for any
consequences arising due to forgotten password / misuse of your password.

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Preparatory Home Work before Option Entry:

As we have been telling you there is preparatory homework to be done very specifically before you are set to
key in your Options. Your guiding factors arei) Your Rank in each discipline that is Medical / Engineering / ISMH / Architecture
ii) Your choice of stream-whether you want to limit your options to Medical / ISMH and Engineering /
Architecture OR Medical only OR Engineering only
iii) Cut Off and Entry Ranks of the earlier years
iv) Seat Matrix issued this year by the Government which will be available on our Website and Helpline
Centres as soon as it is issued by the Government.
iv) Whether you come under any Category?
v) Whether you are eligible for allotment under the Supernumerary Quota for engineering seats?
vi) Choice of college-its faculty, results of the previous years, infrastructure, placements, and availability of
good hostel facility-please also visit the AICTE and the MCI / DCI Website for details on colleges.
vii) Read through this Instruction Manual and User Handbook carefully as also the criteria followed by the
computer on allotment of seats and also watch the e-tutorial in the Audio-Visual DVD.
The Option Work Sheet is there; you can take a print out of the same and start writing your options.
Discuss with your parents, family, and friends. Finalise your Options, write it down. Now you are set for entry
of your Options.
KEA is very keen that every candidate should fulfill her or his merit / rank and true potential and that can
happen only if you spend some time writing out your options.
OPTION WORK SHEET
By Clicking on the hyper link Option Work Sheet, a new window will be loaded. The Window will load
the Option Work Sheet which can be taken print out by a click on the link Click here to Print Report.
The hard copy of Option Work Sheet will be useful to work out with optional entry of courses in
various colleges under various course streams depending on the candidate rank over the course stream.
Step 1: Go to Home Page.

Step 2: Click the link Option Work Sheet

Step 3: A Pop up window will be loaded

Step 4: Click the link Click here to Print Report to take the print

out
of Option Work Sheet.

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Detailed Option Work Sheet

By Clicking on the hyper link Detailed Option Work Sheet, a new window will be loaded. The Window
will load with Detailed option work sheet which can be take printout by a click on the link Click here to Print
Report.
The hard copy of Detailed Option Work Sheet will have the details of Group, Type, College, Option
Number, Course Description, and College Description, so that a candidate will have clear overview of college
details. This report will be useful to work out the option entry of courses in various colleges under various
course streams based on the candidates rank.
Step 1: Go to Home Page.
Step 2: Click the link Detailed Option Work Sheet

Step 3: A Pop up window will be loaded

Step 4: Click the link Click here to Print Report to take the print out of Detailed Option Work Sheet.

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When Can a Candidate Key in their Preferred Options?

The date and time for beginning Option Entry will be notified in the Newspapers, KEA Website and in
all Helpline Centres. Candidates are required to pay attention to the same and should key in their Options
before time and last date for option entry. KEA will not be responsible if any candidate claims ignorance of the
schedule for Option Entry and fails to key in options within the specified time and date period. Candidates are
advised not to wait till the last time and date but should key in their options well within the last date and time
specified. KEA will not be responsible if a candidate fails to key in his / her options due to any reasons.
NOTE ON MOCK ALLOTMENT
After the entry of options are completed, based on the real data mock allotment will be carried out and the
allotment status will be hosted on the KEA website for the information of the candidates. Two days time will be
given to the candidates to verify the status of their allotment. Here, the candidate after ascertaining college and
course allotted, if he / she wants to change / modify his / her options can do so within the stipulated date and time.
Then based on the modified entry of options the real allotment will be carried out.

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WHY DO WE CONDUCT MOCK ALLOTMENT?

Based on the Mock Allotment a candidate can know his / her status of allotment as per his / her
priority of options. This gives a clear view to the candidate to change or retain the entered options. Candidate
can come to know that the other candidate with lower merit has got seat which he was eligible but for his not
entering that option. Therefore, candidates will be given one more choice to change the priority of options,
deletion of or addition of options.
Due to change in the options by candidates after Mock Allotment, one may not get the same seat in
the real allotment as was allotted in the mock allotment.

Candidates Options Entry

(Your Priority Number (or your ranking for your seat option))
Candidates have to enter priority which is given in Numbers. Your priority number starts from 1 and ends
in 999 against each course of particular college of specific course stream. The priority number is unique
number for each course of all Streams. There will not be any separate priority number for each discipline i.e.,
Medical, Dental, Engineering, Architecture and ISM&H. The Priority number is common for all the disciplines.
For instance, if you are giving priority number 1(one) for Medical then that number should not given to
any other courses of the other discipline such as Architecture, Engineering & ISM&H. While selecting course in
another stream the priority number should be given 2 (two), 3 (Three), 4 (Four).. as per your ranking
preference.
The following example table will give an idea of entering options, disciplines, and course details.
Course Stream

Course

Priority of Option

Medical

M001ME

Engineering

E001EE

Architecture

E041AR

ISM&H

I701AY

Medical

M021ME

Medical

M024ME

Engineering

E001CS

Medical / Dental

M101DE

Medical / Dental

M448DE

The above table is only indicative and no inference can be drawn from it.

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HOW TO GET THE COLLEGE WISE AND COURSE WISE LIST?

Step 1:

Go to Home Page. Click the Link Candidates Option Entry College wise and Course wise list. After
entering the basic details, candidate will find the following screen.

Click Course List Menu on the right top corner of the home page
Course List will be loaded in the new tab sheet.

Click College List Menu on the right top corner of the home page to view the college list.

Select any one of three colleges list

(Note: Medical Counseling for Medical and Dental Colleges, Engineering Counseling for Engineering Colleges &
Architecture Colleges and ISM&H Counseling for ISM&H Colleges)

Select any one of three colleges list.

College list will be loaded in the new tab sheet.

From One College list there is a link to go to Other College list and Course & Description.

Step 2:

Click on the Discipline which you have to apply i.e.

Medical - both for Medical and Dental courses
ISM & H for Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, Unani, Naturopathy, and Yoga courses
Engineering for Engineering / Technology courses
Architecture for Architecture course
(Note: Candidate can apply for more than one discipline by selecting and giving the options numbers in sequential
manner)

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Step 3:

Courses and Colleges will be listed for particular selected course type

Enter the option in the box by giving numbers 1, 2, 3, 4. depending on the priority of the course
and college. (The Option Number is unique for each course of all Course Stream)

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Step 4:

Click Save button

Option will be loaded in the sequential order in Selected view Option window.
The above table is only indicative for the information of the candidate and no inference shall be drawn in this
regard. There is no limit for entry of options and a candidate can enter any number of options as he / she
wishes to exercise on his / her own priority. Candidates are advised to enter more number of options to avoid
the disappointment of not securing a seat. Any candidate has to enter the option in the priority as he / she
desires. Candidates are advised to do thorough home assignment regarding the choices which they want to
exercise, the college which they prefer, the course which they are interested to join etc. It is better to
download the option entry sheet and discuss the same with your parents / guardians / mentors etc before
actually entering same in the system. Your interest in the discipline, college infrastructure, course, distance
from your place, availability of hostel etc may be some of the issues to guide your choices of options and
advice of your parents. As it will save your time and minimize your chance of making mistake in option entry
on the online option entry form. The allotment will not proceed to the next rank candidate till the list of your
options is completely searched for availability of a seat. The candidate may change the options as many times
as he / she desires before the last date and time notified for entry of options.
Options recorded in the server on the last day and time of the notified schedule in each round will be
frozen and only the frozen options will be considered for allotment of seats.
NOTE: Candidates are advised not to start entering the options directly on the online option form on the
internet without preparatory work at home on choice of options, as it leads to commission of mistakes / wrong
entries / wrong order of preferences. In order to avoid last minute rush candidates are advised not wait till the
last day and KEA will not be responsible for any network related problems.
NOTE:
1. Candidate can enter options for more than one discipline Medical / Dental and Engineering or for
Engineering and Architecture or for Engineering and ISM & H disciplines to which he / she is eligible.
2. Candidate can enter for all the disciplines, if he / she is eligible for all the disciplines.
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3. Candidates can enter options for Supernumerary Quota Seats, General Seats in Engineering at the same
time.
4. Candidates whose parental income is less than Rs.4.50 Lakhs per annum will be eligible for allotment of
supernumerary quota seat. Candidate need not enter separately for Supernumerary Quota Seats in the
option entry form. Refer page 36 for further details.
Example 1: Candidate whos applying for one course type
A Candidate is applying for one course type for e.g. Engineering. He / She willing to apply for 6
Course in 3 different Colleges.
Go to Option Entry panel.

Step 1:

Click Engineering in the Option Entry panel.

Step 2: Govt. College

Type 1 against Course - E001CS

Type 2 against Course - E002EC

Step 3: Engineering - Private Aided College

Type 3 against Course -E003IM

Type 4 against Course E004IM

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Private - Unaided College

Step 4:

Type 5 against Course E005TC

Type 6 against Course E006IT

Step 5: Click Save Button

Example 2: Candidate whos applying for more than one discipline

A Candidate applying for more one course type for e.g. Medical, Architecture & Engineering. If she/he is
going to apply for 12 courses
Out of four colleges,
4 options in Medical, 4 options in Architecture and 4 options in Engineering discipline.
Step 1: Go to Option Entry panel.
Step 2: Medical:

Click Medical in the Option Entry panel.

Step 3: Govt. College

Type 1 against Course M021ME

Type 2 against Course M001ME

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Step 4:

Medical Private Aided

Type 3 against Course M005ME

Medical Private Unaided College

Step 5:

Type 4 against Course M006ME

Step 6:

Architecture:

Step 7:

Govt. College
Type 5 against Course E001AR
Private- Aided College
Type 6 against Course E041AR
Type 7 against Course E024AR

Step 8:

Click Architecture in the Option Entry panel.

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Step 9:

Private- Unaided College

Step 10:

Engineering:

Step 11:

Government College
Type 9 against Course - E001CS
Type 10 against Course - E001EC

Type 8 against Course E007AR

Click Engineering in the Option Entry panel.

Step 12:

Private- Aided College -

Type 11 against Course -E003IM

Step 13:

Private- Unaided College

Give 12 against Course E005TC

Click Save Button

(Note: Priority will be given in the order as 1, 2, 3 .. where top priority is 1, 2 is

second top priority, 3 is
third top priority. and Priority Number is unique for all Course stream in common)

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How to save Options entered?

FAQs on OPTION ENTRY

Just below the option entry panel a button called SAVE is available on the website. Every time a candidate
enters the options and wishes to exit the website he has to click the button SAVE and then he can logout
from the website without any loss of information.
Does a candidate have to enter all the options at once?
No, a candidate can enter and alter the entries as many times as he wants, but before the last date and time
prescribed for option entry. But each time candidate has to SAVE his options by clicking on the SAVE button.
How to make changes in Options saved and entered?
After completion of process of options entry is over, and if a candidate wants to change the options he can do
so by changing the preference order in the Modify Selected Option panel. Then save the options. He can
see the changed order of preference in the Selected Option View which shows all the saved options. But this
can be done only before the last date and time for option entry is over.
Is it essential that a candidate key in all his / her Options in one sitting in front of your computer?
No, a candidate can enter as many times as he wants 24 X 7 at any number of sittings, but before the last date
and time prescribed for option entry. But each time candidate has to SAVE his options by clicking the SAVE
button.
Till what time can a candidate make changes in the Option Entry Form?
Before the last date and time prescribed for Option Entry.
How to Change Order of Priority?
Once the option entry is completed, the computer will display all such entered options in a separate panel
Modify Selected Option. The candidate by viewing this can rearrange the options. The 54th option may be
changed to 30th in the following method. Scroll down to the 54th option number, place the curser in front of it
and enter as 30. Now this modified option will be placed at the position at 30, this can be viewed at the
separate panel Saved Options. Like this a candidate can change the order of options and he can delete the
entered options by entering zero in the order number.
Therefore, it is better to enter the options after you have written it down in the option entry sheet to
avoid confusion.

Modifying Order of Options

If you want change the order options of the college and courses.
Go to Modify Selected Option window.
Step 2:
Change the Numbers / Type the new numbers in the option field for new priority.
Step 1:

(Note: Take care that there should not two same number in the options entry since Priority number against each course is
unique)
Step 3:
Click Update Button in the Options

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Step 4:

Newly Modified option will be loaded in the Selected view Option window

Example 1: Candidate whos wants to change the priority of courses

A Candidate is needs to change the priority of the courses. The process of changing the course priority is
instructed below
The Current option priority is given below in Table X
Table X:
College Course

Option No

E001CS

E002EC

E003IM

E004IM

E005TC

E006IT

The Candidate wants to change the priority of College course as fallows in Table Y
Table Y:
College Course
E001CS
E002EC
E003IM
E004IM
E005TC
E006IT

Option No
4
6
1
2
3
5

If the candidate gives same option number for more than one course then the system would
automatically sort those options as per alphabet sorting of course.
Step 1:
Go to Modify Selection Option panel.
Step 2:
Step 3:
Step 4:
Step 5:

Change 4 against Course - E001CS

Change 1 against Course -E003IM

Change 6 against Course - E002EC

Change 2 against Course E004IM

Change 3 against Course E005TC

Click Update Button

Change 5 against Course E006IT

(Note: Care should be taken that there should not be two same options for the different disciplines since Priority number
against each course / discipline is unique)

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Example 2: Candidate who wants to change the priority of Disciplines (More than One Discipline)
The Current option priority is given below in Table X

The Candidate wants to change the

priority of College course as fallows in
Table Y

Table X:

Table Y:
College
Course
M021ME

Option No
2

M001ME

M005ME

M006ME

E001AR

E041AR

E024AR

10

E007AR

11

E001CS

E002EC

E003IM

E005TC

12

Step 1: Go to Modify Selected Option window.

Change 2 against Course - M021ME

Step 2:

Change 1 against Course - M001ME

Similarly

Change 7 against Course - M005ME

Change 8 against Course - M006ME

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Step 3:

Change 3 against Course - E001AR

Change 6 against Course - E041AR

Change 10 against Course - E024AR

Change 11 against Course - E007AR

Change 4 against Course - E001CS

Change 5 against Course - E002EC

Change 9 against Course - E003IM

Change 12 against Course - E005TC

Click Update Button

Step 4:

Step 5:

(Note: Care should be taken that there should not be two same options for the different courses since Priority number
against each course is unique)

Delete Options
How to delete Options entered?
In the Modify Selected Option if a candidate enters zero (0) then automatically that option will get deleted
from the list.
Step 1: Go to Modify Selected Option window.
Step 2: Enter the number 0 (Zero) in the option field to delete.
(Note: More than One Option can be deleted at the same time)
Step 3: Click Update Button in the Options
Step 4: Deleted Entry option(s) will not be there in Selected view Option window
Step 5: Click Update Button
(Note: Option 1 and Option 2 is left unchanged, since option 3 is deleted and priority will be changed after option 3)

Example 2: Candidate who wants to change the priority of courses (More than One Course)
A Candidate B is needs to delete the some courses from Options Entry. The process of deleting the courses
priority is instructed below:

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The Current Courses are given below in Table X: The Candidate wants to delete some of College course
given below in Table Y
Table X:

Table Y:

Click Update Button

(Note: Care should be taken that there should not be two same options for the different courses)

Print Option Report (Summary/Detailed)

Once the Options entry is over. You can have the report printed in both summary and detailed manner.
Step 1: Go to Selected Options View window.
Step 2: Cross verify the courses and colleges depending on the priority of Courses, Colleges and Course type
Step 3: Click hyperlink short or detailed to get the short or detailed report respectively.

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Can I take a printout of My Options Entry sheet? If so at what stage?

Provision is made to take the print out of options at every interval. Candidate has to SAVE his options
whenever he changes his options. For the purpose of allotment of seats the computer will consider the last
saved options. So it is advised that the candidate take print out of the final options at the end, that is, if you
have done your final option entry and you will not change your options further, then you can take the print
out of the entered and saved options for your reference.

Options Entry Example

By a Click on the hyper link Option Entry Example, a new tab sheet will be loaded by the browser. The
tab sheet will have the details of instruction how a candidate can register options for the courses.
If a candidate has one or more ranks in following streams such as Architecture, Engineering, ISM&H
and Medical, they might apply for one or more courses respectively.
Step 1: Go to Home Page.
Step 2: Click the link Option Entry Example

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View Login Details

Click the link View Login Details to view your latest login details in the web page.
Step 1: Go to Home Page.
Step 2: Click the link View Login Details.
Step 3: A Window will load with Login details.

This uptimes the history of your log in and log out in to your account. You can access this information
and be assured that as long as you have not disclosed your unique keyword and password; nobody can access
your account.

How does a candidate know his/her account is not accessed by others?

It is very clearly informed to all the candidates that the USER ID, Unique Keyword and PASSWORD should
not be revealed to anybody. Further, KEA is sending SMS alerts and e-mails each time when a candidate logs in
and logs out of the website. For this the candidate has to enter his mobile number correctly and the e-mail will
be sent from are registered valid e-mail ID only. Based on the Keyword provided by KEA the candidate has to
generate his own password. It is the duty of the candidate to safeguards the credentials of unique Keyword,
login and password provided by KEA. Therefore, other than the candidate it is not possible to access / edit the
candidate accounts by others or even by KEA.

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ADMISSION ROUND

(i) After the last date and time fixed for entering the options is over and as per the seat matrix issued by the
Government, action will be taken to allot the seats in the order of merit based on the priority of the options
entered by the candidates and by following the reservation policy of the Government.
(ii) The computer begins allotment with the Special Category seat for NCC, Sports and Physically Disabled
category.
a. All NCC candidates holding preference 1 to 8 will be allotted seats in NCC quota as per their
preference and if the preference is the same the interse merit among the candidates will be considered.
Likewise candidates in Sports category in Preference 1 to 5 will be allotted in Sports quota and where
the preferences are equal the interse merit will be considered. The computer then proceeds to allot
seats to the Physically Disabled persons as per their rank and options. As per the Act, 3 % of the seats
in all Government, Aided and Unaided private colleges in Medical / Engineering / Architecture / ISMH
courses are reserved and candidates belonging to the Physically Disabled Category can give options as
per the seat matrix in these colleges.
b. For Engineering seats all candidates will be considered first against Supernumerary Quota seats if their
parental annual income is less than Rs.4.50 Lakhs and if seats are available in Supernumerary Quota.
c. General Merit category candidates will be considered only in the General Merit quota. The rank list will
be invariably followed for allotment of seats. All Reserved category candidates will first be considered
for allotment in General Merit as per their merit and rank and as per the options given by them. After
the General Merit seats are exhausted the candidate belonging to the respective categories will be
allotted the seats in their respective category as per their rank and as per the options given by them.
d. Reserved Rural and Kannada Medium Category candidates will be first allotted in General Merit
Category, then in the Rural and Kannada Medium of General Merit category and respective general of
the reserved category and finally in the Rural and Kannada Medium of the respective category subject
to availability of seats.
e. While allotting to Special Category candidates namely, Defence, Ex-Defence, Scouts & Guides and
CAPF, first allotment will be made under General Merit category as per their ranks, if the seat is not
available in GM, then it will be allotted in the respective reserved category if seats are available and
then finally the seats will be allotted under Special Category if seats are available in the order of merit.
f.

* While allotting to Reserved Categories and Special Category candidates in engineering, first allotment
will be considered under Supernumerary Quota if eligible, then under General Merit category, if the
seat is not available in GM, then it will be allotted in the respective reserved category if seats are
available and then finally the seats will be allotted under Special Category if seats are available in the
order of merit.

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(g)

If the candidate has been allotted an engineering seat other than Supernumerary Quota, then if the
same seat is available under Supernumerary Quota in any of the prescribed rounds, then such candidate
will be allotted under Supernumerary quota.

FLOW CHART FOR ADMISSION ROUND

Special Category
(NCC, Sports and Physically Disabled)

All eligible candidates

Order of Allotment

Including all Special Categories.

a) Medical / Dental

(D, XD, S-G, AGL, CAPF)

b) ISM & H
c) Engineering
(Including Supernumerary)*

d) Architecture
ILLUSTRATION FOR ALLOTMENT OF SEAT (FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CANDIDATES)
After the verification of documents and excising options by the candidate the seats will be allotted as in
previous years in three rounds i.e., (1) Admission Round (2) Casual Vacancy Category Round (3) Casual
Vacancy Round
The following system will be followed for allotment of seats. Here is a sample illustration of choice of options
by a candidate:
Name of the candidate: Uma
Category:

GM

Architecture Rank:

Medical Rank: 262

140

ISMH Rank:

Engineering Rank: 1200

300

In this case the candidate is interested only in Medical seat. Hence her priority of options will be Medical only
and he has given the following options.
Priority Number
Option1
Option 2
Option 3
Option 4
Option 5
Option 6
Option 7
Option 8

Options
M001M
M013M
M003M
M051M
M031M
M025M
M004M
M041M

Option 9

M024M

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The computer starts Medical Round allotment with Rank 1. Then after completing allotment till rank 261, it
reaches rank 262. Umas Medical rank is 262 and hence option number 1 is not available. Similarly option
number 2 is not available as the candidate above her rank has already been allotted and no vacancy exists. The
next option is 3 and the college code is 3 and that option is available. Hence the computer will allot option
number 3 to the candidate. The candidate can now download her allotted details and join the college and
report her joining status to KEA through the Option Entry Portal, if she is satisfied with the allotment otherwise
she has to exercise her options and exercise fresh options in the next round after verifying the availability of
seats. The option exercised is now number 3 and the college allotted is number 3.
Name of the candidate: Heeba
Category

3B

Medical Rank

850

Engineering Rank

1450
Priority Number
Option 1
Option 2
Option 3
Option 4
Option 5
Option 6
Option 7
Option 8
Option 9

Options
E003EC
E005CS
M002M
I702A
I801H
M102D
M015M
E010CE
E010CS

The candidate is considered as per her rank in each discipline as per her options in the order of priority
mentioned by the candidate.
The allotment starts with the Medical discipline. All candidates who have a Medical rank will be considered and
their options will be noted by the computer. In the instance case her Medical option is 3 hence, the first two
options which are Engineering options will not be considered during Medical allotment stage.
CASE I:
At Stage I : - During Medical seats allotment the candidate is picked as per her Medical rank. All her Medical
options are considered i.e., 3, 6 in the order of priority. If the candidate gets her seat for the option of priority
no.6 (Medical, 102, D) then the seat will be allotted. The choice list for further stages like Engineering, ISMH,
Architecture etc., will be reduced to priority from 1 to 5.
At Stage II: - During ISMH seats allotment the candidate is picked as per his/her ISMH rank. All his ISMH
options are considered i.e., 4, 5 in the order of priority. The candidate does not get any ISMH seats for that
rank, so her Medical seat is retained. The choice list from (1 to 5) for further stages will remain unchanged.
At Stage III:- During Engineering seats allotment the candidate is picked as per her Engineering rank. All his
Engineering options above 6 (i.e., from 1 to 5) are considered. i.e., 1, 2 in the order of priority. If the
candidate gets his/her seat for the options of priority no.2 (Engineering, 5, CS) then that seat will be allotted
and the previously allotted seat (Medical option 3) will be returned to the seat matrix. The choice list for
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CASE No. II
At Stage I:- During Medical seat allotment the candidate is picked as per his/her Medical rank. All his Medical
options are considered i.e., option no.3, 6 in the order of rank and priority. However, both these seats have
been allotted to candidates higher in the merit order claiming seat in this round. The candidate is not getting
any Medical seat. The choice list for further stages like Engineering, ISMH, Architecture will remain
unchanged.
At Stage II:- During ISMH seat allotment the candidate is picked as per his/her ISMH rank. All his ISMH
options are considered i.e., 4, 5 in the order of priority. The seat at option 4 is available. The candidate is
allotted the ISMH seat at priority no.4 (702, A). Hence, the choice list for further stage like Architecture etc.,
will be reduced to priority 1 to 3.
At Stage III:- During Engineering seat allotment the candidate is picked as per his/her Engineering rank. All his
Engineering options above priority 6 (from 1 to 5) are considered i.e., 1, 2 in the order of priority. If the
candidate gets his/her seat for the option of priority no.1 (Engineering, 3, EC) then the seat will be allotted.
The choice list for further stages like Architecture etc., will be eliminated.
CASE No. III
At Stage I:- During Medical seat allotment the candidate is picked as per his/her Medical rank. All his Medical
options are considered i.e., 3, 6 in the order of priority. If the candidate gets his/her seat for the options of
priority no.6 (Medical, 102, D) then the seat will be allotted. The choice list for further stages like
Engineering, ISMH, Architecture will be reduced to priority from 1 to 5.
At Stage II:- During ISMH allotment the candidate is picked as per his/her ISMH rank. All his ISMH options
are considered i.e., 4, 5 in the order of priority. The candidate does not get any ISMH rank. The choice list
for further stages will remain unchanged (1 to 5).
At Stage III:- During Engineering seat allotment the candidate is picked as per his/her Engineering rank. All his
Engineering options above priority 6 (1 to 5) are considered i.e., 1, 2 in the order of priority. The candidate
is not getting any Engineering seats. The choice list for further stages will remain unchanged.
At Stage IV:- During Architecture seat allotment the candidate is picked as per his/her Architecture rank. His
Architecture rank is not considered since the priority (7) is greater than 5. System assumes that his higher
option is satisfied.
The same procedure is followed for all the stages and each stage is known as one iteration. Therefore
there may be many iterations in one round. The iteration will stop when the seats are exhausted or the choice
of the candidate is over. By this method the candidate gets the best of the best seat as per his choice and
options and as per his rank. The candidate can track the allotment of seats in every iteration stage.
Summary:
This illustrates that at each stage, the options are getting shrunk before moving to the next stage, if
seats are allotted. If seats are not allotted, the options list remains unchanged.
The seats which are returned back to seat matrix in the process of allotment stages will be allotted to the next
candidate as per rank and options. This way there will be a number of iterations till the candidate gets the best
seat of his choice governed by rank. This means, the system halts allotment when no seats are available for a
candidate as per his options.

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All the stages taken together as detailed above will form one round and the stages mentioned above,
are known as iteration stage. The iteration stage in each round will go on as long as the choice of the candidate
is not fulfilled or the availability seat is not exhausted. In this way each candidate will get either a Medical seat
or an Engineering seat or ISMH seat as per his/her rank and priority in the respective disciplines. However it is
possible that if all seats are exhausted then a candidate might not be allotted a seat at all. Therefore it is very
important to candidates to give their options/choices very carefully and after considerable thought and after
discussing with their parents and elders. If by chance the options given by the candidate is not well thought he
may lose a seat in a good college as he may not have given option for that particular college or would have
given lower options. For example a candidate is interested in college A, but by mistake or by oversight he has
given a lower preference for that college and has given higher preference for some other college. The computer
then will allot a seat as per his rank and as per his higher priorities. In this way he may tend to lose a seat in the
college of his choice merely because he has not given a correct priority of options.
The iteration stage starts with Medical/Dental seats, and goes on till the Medical seats is exhausted or
choice of candidate is exhausted. Similarly in the 2nd iteration stage the choice of the candidates in ISMH
discipline is considered and in the 3rd iteration stage the choice of candidates in Engineering is considered and
finally the 4th iteration stage the choice of the candidate for Architecture discipline is considered. If the
candidate has given his first choice as Engineering and 2nd choice as Medical then in the 1st stage of iteration
the Medical seat at option no.2 will be considered and a Medical seat will be allotted to him as per his priority
and rank if seats are available. So in the 1st iteration the candidate will get a Medical seat and immediately in
the Engineering iteration stage the candidate will be allotted the Engineering seat as per his rank and priority by
cancelling the Medical seat as the first priority is Engineering. The Medical seat so cancelled will be added to
seat matrix of the same college and category and allotted to the next candidate as per his/her rank and priority.
Therefore the candidate ultimately gets the seats of his choice/priority. In the final analysis the candidate gets
the best of the best seats of his choice.
After the entire iteration of all the discipline is complete the final list will be announced on the website
and this is known as the Admission Round. Therefore, many iterations may take place in one round as per the
choice of the candidate and as per the availability of seats. The candidate can track down the movement of
seats in the different iteration stages to satisfy himself that the best of the choices is allotted to him. Virtual
tracking of the process of allotment by the computer can be viewed by the candidate after allotment. This
ensures transparency in the entire allotment stage and KEA is known for its motto Trust Through Total
Transparency. The final list of the Admission Round will be hosted on the website, in the Helpline Centres and
individual allotment will be sent by SMS, e-mail and the candidates are requested to note the allotment of seats
to them in the Admission Round. The candidate here has 4 choices. The choices are: -

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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. 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.
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Important: Before opting this choice candidate is advised to be sure as he / she

cannot come back to Option Entry Process in CET-2012.

Choice2:

Satisfied with the allotted seat but wishes to participate in the next round with fresh options. If
fresh options gets allotted then earlier allotted seat gets cancelled automatically OR if fresh
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 fresh options gets allotted the candidate loses his old seat. There is no
choice between the seats.
Important: While entering the options afresh, candidates are advised to give only such options
that are better than his / her allotted seat as if the fresh option seats get allotted they lose their
old seat. If none of their option seats are available then the candidate earlier seat is retained.

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.

Choice5:

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 and will not be allowed to
participate

A gap of 7 days will be given to the candidates from the date of hosting the allotment details on the
website in the Admission Round to excise their choice of willingness or unwillingness. All candidates who are
not satisfied with the choice of seat or course allotted shall necessarily give their willingness for the next round
of allotment i.e., the casual vacancy category round. In this round at the first stage all seats available / not
allotted or those allotted to candidates and returned back by the candidates to KEA will be put for allotment.
In addition in this round all seats in Rural category and Kannada medium category will be converted into the
respective GM category of that particular category, for e.g., in category 2A there are 3 seats in Kannada
Medium and 2 seats n Rural category these seats could not be allotted in the previous round as there were no
candidates available in that particular category, these 5 seats will be converted into 2A General category
(2AG) and the same will be consider for allotment to the 2AG category candidates in this round. Similarly
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Rural and Kannada medium seats of GM, Category-1, 2B, 3A, 3B and SC & ST will be converted to the
respective GM category and will be considered for allotment to respective category candidates in this round.
All eligible candidates will be allowed to exercise fresh options again in this round. The options exercised afresh
by candidate will be consider for allotment of seats in this round. After iteration in this round the final list of
allotted seats to candidates will be put up on the website. The candidate again has the 4 options as detailed
above regarding acceptance or rejections of the allotted seats. Time gap of 5 days will be given to the
candidates to exercise the above options.

CASUAL VACANCY ROUND

After completion of Admission Round seat allotment, all the unfilled / surrendered / forfeited / cancelled /
newly added seats, if any, will be offered as CASUAL VACANCIES. All candidates who have entered choice
2 and 3 will be eligible for participate in this round.
IMPORTANT: The candidate who likes to be considered for allotment of seats in the Casual Vacancy Round
must compulsorily exercise their options afresh. The options entered by the candidate in the Admission Round
will not be taken in to account for the purpose of allotment of seats in the Casual Vacancy Round. If the
candidate fails to enter fresh options he will not be considered for allotment of seats in the Casual Vacancy
Round. The Option Entry schedule and stage will be notified in Newspapers, Website and in the Helpline
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PROCEDURE FOLLOWED FOR CONVERSION OF UNFILLED SEATS

After completion of the Admission Round, the seats that remain unfilled under all the Rural and Kannada
medium quota of the reserved categories will be converted to General of the respective reserved categories
(SCR & SCK to SCG, STR & STK to STG, 1R & 1K to 1G, 2AR & 2AK to 2AG, 2BR & 2BK to 2BG,
3AR & 3AK to 3AG, 3BR & 3BK to 3BG) before the commencement of Casual Vacancy Round and
offered ONLY to the reserved category candidates (including GMR & GMK category candidates) along
with the cancelled seats in the respective categories. Thereafter, the seats that remain unfilled under various
reserved General categories such as SCG, STG, 1G, 2AG, 2BG, 3AG, 3BG, GMR and GMK, along with
unfilled special category seats, if any, will be converted to the General Merit category and offered to GM
candidates along with all other reserved category candidates in the General Casual Vacancy Round.
However, the consequential Rural and Kannada medium reserved category seats that arise during the
reserved category Casual Vacancy Round and if remains un-allotted then the same seat will be converted to
the General of the respective reserved categories only if there are no seats in the respective general
category and will be made available for allotment only to the respective reserved category candidates
during General Merit Casual Vacancy Round.
IMPORTANT:
1. This procedure of conversion of seats will be adopted before the commencement of Casual Vacancy
Round. Further, if the reserved category candidates allotted with a General Merit / respective reserved
category seat during the General Casual Vacancy Round, then a reserved category seat becomes vacant.
Such seats are treated as CONSEQUENTIAL CASUAL VACANCIES. These consequential reserved
category vacancies that arise during the General Casual Vacancy Round will remain under the same
categories and will be offered only to the candidates belonging to the same reserved categories.
2. The reserved category seat cancelled by a candidate before the commencement of Casual Vacancy
Round will not be converted to General Merit category and such reserved category cancelled seats will be
allotted only to the respective category candidates.
Allotment of seats in Casual Vacancy Round will be that of the same with regard to order of allotment
followed in the Admission Round. Fresh options entered by the candidates at the commencement of Category
Casual Vacancy Round and General Casual Vacancy Round will be considered for allotment of seats.
STAGES IN THE CASUAL VACANCY ROUND:
STAGE1:

Allotment of seats to Special Categories NCC, Sports and Physically Disabled.

STAGE 2:

Allotment of seats to Reserved Categories - (SCR, SCK, SCG, STR, STK, STG, 1R, 1K, 1G,

2AR, 2AK, 2AG, 2BR, 2BK, 2BG, 3AR, 3AK, 3AG, 3BR, 3BK, 3BG, GMR, GMK, and Defence, ExDefence, Scouts & Guides, Anglo Indians and CAPF) - SNQ and General Merit seats (including consequential
vacancies) will not be allotted in this round. GM candidates need not exercise their options in this round.
After the allotment, candidates will have to exercise their either any one of the choices from 1 to 4 mentioned
at page 30-31, except NCC, Sports and Physically Disabled candidates.
Implication:

At the end of this round, candidates holding Special Category seats such as NCC, Sports and
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Physically Disabled seats are not allowed to exercise their options to be considered for allotment
of seats in further General Casual Vacancy Round, further these candidates have to pay the
prescribed fees and report to the allotted colleges on or before the date mentioned in the
admission order and update the same through their Log-In-Id to KEA or they lose their
allotment.
STAGE 3: General Merit and all Reserved Category seats. (Conversion procedure as explained at page 33)
All the un-allotted seats at the end of Category Casual Vacancy Category Round under all
Reserved and Special Categories, if any, will be converted in to General Merit and will be considered for
allotment including Supernumerary Quota seats if any, to all the candidates including Reserved Category
Candidates who have entered options afresh. However, the Consequential Vacancies which arise in this round
will be considered for allotment under the same category.
Implication:
1. There is no choice to exercise to the candidates.
2. Candidates who have been allotted seats in any discipline are required to pay the prescribed fees and should
compulsorily report to the colleges on or before the last date mentioned in the admission order and should
update the details through their log-In-Id to KEA or they lose their allotted seats. If they do not want this
allotted seat, they should exercise Choice 4 and reject the allotment.
A NOTE ON REFUND AND FORFEITURE OF FEE
(1) If a candidate who has been allotted a seat in any discipline in the Admission Round and who has reported
to the college, wishes to surrenders / cancel the seat before the last date notified for the commencement
of the Casual Vacancy Round, the Executive Director, shall deduct Rs.5,000/- as processing fee and
refund the remaining fee paid.
(2) If a candidate who has been allotted a seat in any discipline in the Admission Round and who has reported
to the college or not, surrenders the seat after the completion of Casual Vacancy Round, the Executive
Director, shall forfeit the entire fee paid.
(3) The candidate who surrenders the seat allotted in the Casual Vacancy Round, the Executive Director, shall
forfeit the entire fee paid.
(4) No surrender or cancellation of seat shall be accepted, unless the candidate surrenders the original
admission order issued by the KEA and the original Bank Challan.
(5) If a candidate does not surrender / cancel / fails to join the allotted college even after the completion of
the Casual Vacancy Round the Executive Director, Karnataka Examinations Authority shall forfeit the
entire fee amount paid by the candidates.
(6) If a candidate reports to the college and later on leaves the college he / she has to necessarily surrender the seat
back to KEA only. It is the endeavor of KEA to see that subsidized Government Quota seats are accessible and
available to all meritorious students. Hence failing to surrender the seat back to KEA will be viewed as a breach
of contract and severe lack of social responsibility.

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FAQs on ONLINE SEAT ALLOTMENT

1. If I opt for allotment of seats what should I do?
A gap of 5 days will be given to the candidates from the date of hosting the allotment details on the
website in the Admission Round to exercise their choice of willingness or unwillingness.
If you are satisfied with the allotment of seat, you have to enter the choice as 1 in the website. Then
you have to make the fee payment at the Helpline Centre, collect the admission order and join the
college before the last date printed on the admission order and immediately through your Log-In-Id
report back to KEA (on the Option Entry Website) that you have joined the college. If you do not
report back to KEA through your Log-In Account on the Option Entry Portal, your allotted seat will be
cancelled even though you might have physically reported to the college. So do not forget to report
through your account to us.
2. Once I opt for allotment of seats, can I come back for the Casual Vacancy Round as I came to know
that there are number of seats get added?
No you cannot. The only exception is if additional seat matrix is issued by the Government.
3. Once I opt for Choice -1 and take my allotted seat, and I see that many top rankers above my rank
have not reported to the allotted college and therefore many seats are vacant, can I give my options
afresh and can I opt for that seat?
No, Choice-1 means that a candidate is satisfied with allotted seat and those who have selected Choice1 as their option will not be considered for further allotment. Candidates are advised to take an
educated decision so that such decision should not create any dilemma for them later.
4. I have cancelled / surrendered my allotted seats, Whether I am eligible to participate in the Casual
Vacancy Round?
No, a candidate who has received the admission order and cancelled the allotted seat will have no
further consideration in exercising the options for a fresh allotment of seats.
5. When and where I have to pay the fees?
If you are satisfied with the allotment of seat, you have enter the Choice as 1 in the website. Then
you have to make the fee payment at the Helpline Centre.
6. How do I have to pay the fees?
Prescribed fees should be paid in the form of Demand Draft drawn in favour of the Executive Director,
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7. I have already joined the college during last year and presently I am studying in the college, what are
the documents I have to produce to get my seat allotment order?
The Transfer Certificate from the Institution where the candidate is studying needs to be compulsorily
got if the candidate is to be issued the Admission Order. The same holds good for candidates who are
CET repeaters also.
8. What is Super Numerary Quota (SNQ)?
The AICTE has introduced a Supernumerary Quota in all Engineering Colleges for the year 2012-13.
5% of the seats in each college and in each course will be reserved as Supernumerary Quota. This
quota is over and above the seat matrix issued by the Government. For Example, if there are 120 seats
in Computer Science in a particular college, the Supernumerary quota for Computer Science in that
particular college will be 6 seats. Therefore the total intake in that college for computer science will be
126. All candidates whose parental income is less than Rs.4.50 Lakhs per annum will be eligible for
allotment of Supernumerary Quota. The tuition fee prescribed by the Government in that particular
college will be waived off. The candidate has to pay the other fees only. This Supernumerary quota is
not available for Architecture Course. All candidates including General Merit are eligible for allotment
of seats under Supernumerary quota if their parental annual income is less than Rs.4.50 Lakhs.
9. How do I become eligible to give an option under Supernumerary Quota?
If the parental annual income is less than Rs.4.50 Lakhs per annum, then such candidate has to
produce the Income Certificate issued by the jurisdictional Tahasildar which should be submitted at the
time of verification of documents in order to become eligible for allotment of Supernumerary Quota
seats. These seats will be allotted in the order of merit and options entered by the candidate.
10. Can I give option for both regular and Supernumerary Quota Seats?
There is no need to give separate options for Supernumerary quota seats. While allotting the seats the
software will consider Supernumerary quota seats first for allotment if seats are available and if the
candidate is eligible for it.
11. How is Supernumerary Quota seat allotted?
Seats up to maximum of 5% of sanctioned intake per course in each college approved by AICTE will
be offered as Supernumerary seats. The software is designed in such a manner that while considering
the options entered by the candidate for allotment, the priority in engineering options will be
considered first against the Supernumerary Quota seats if seats are available in the order of merit as per
candidates eligibility.
Karnataka Examinations Authority wishes you the very best in your journey seeking career
choices.

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