Common University Entrance Test For PostGraduates (CUET-PG) - Reservation and Choice of Cities

Indian Nationals belonging to certain categories are admitted under the seats reserved for them in accordance with the rules prescribed by the Government of India. The categories and the extent of reservation are as follows

General category belonging to Economically Weaker Section (GEN- EWS) – 10% of seats in every course. The benefit of reservation will be given only to those General category candidates who satisfy the conditions given in the OM No. 20013/01/2018-BC-II dated 17 January 2019, issued by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. The criteria for GEN-EWS will be as per the prevailing norms and/or notifications of the Government of India.

Other Backward Classes belonging to the Non-Creamy Layer (OBC- NCL) – 27% of seats in every course. OBCs should be listed in the current updated central list of OBCs (http://www.ncbc.nic.in). OBCs present in the State list but not covered in the central list of OBCs (as per the list in http://www.ncbc.nic.in) are NOT eligible to claim the reservation. The criteria for OBC-NCL will be as per the notification of the Government of India. Candidates belonging to the creamy layer of OBC are NOT entitled to reservation. Such candidates are treated as belonging to the general (GEN), i.e. unreserved category, and they will be eligible only for the OPEN seats – the seats for which all candidates are eligible.

Scheduled Caste (SC) – 15% of seats in every course.

Scheduled Tribe (ST) – 7.5% of seats in every course

Persons with Disability (PwD) – 5% seats in each of the GENERAL, GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, and ST category seats. Candidates with at least 40% impairment irrespective of the type of disability shall be eligible for the benefits of the PwD category. Leprosy-cured candidates who are otherwise fit to pursue the courses are also included in this category. Candidates with less than 40% disability, but difficulty in writing, as prescribed by the Competent Authority, are also included in this category.

GEN-EWS certificate needs to be uploaded in the Online Application Form of CUET (PG) – 2023 which should have been issued on or after 01 April 2022 in consonance with the latest guidelines of the Government of India. If any GEN-EWS candidate fails to submit the GEN-EWS certificate (issued on or after 01 April 2022) at the time of online registration, the candidate has to upload a declaration

OBC-NCL certificate needs to be uploaded in the Online Application Form of CUET (PG) – 2023 which should have been issued on or after 01 April 2022, in consonance with the latest guidelines of the Government of India. If any OBC-NCL candidate fails to upload the OBC-NCL certificate (issued on or after 01 April 2022) at the time of online registration, the candidate has to upload a declaration. Visit http://www.ncbc.nic.in for the latest guidelines and updates on the Central List of State-wise OBCs.

The caste (for SC) or tribe (for ST) certificate needs to be uploaded in the Online Application Form of CUET (PG) –2023, as per the latest guidelines of the Government of India.

While applying, candidates have to select two cities of their choice based on their Permanent Address or Present Address. Efforts will be made to allot the city of examination to the candidates in order of choice opted by them in their online Application Form. However, due to administrative/logistic reasons, a different city can be allotted.

In case, there are very few candidates from a City, the NTA reserves the right to merge cities.

The decision of the NTA regarding the allotment of the City/Centre shall be final. No further correspondence or request shall be entertained in such a case.

While filling up the Online Application Form, candidates should select two cities from Appendix I as their Choice of Cities for the Test Centre in order of their priority.

Choice of Test Centre Cities will be limited to the State of Permanent Address or Present Address only.

NTA will not be responsible for any inconvenience due to the incorrect selection of cities by the candidates.

Though every effort will be made to allot a Centre in one of the cities selected by the candidate, the NTA reserves the right to allot a Centre in a city other than the candidate‟s choice.

Allotment of Centres will be done mostly in one of the preferred cities of the candidates and there will be no human intervention.

Note: All efforts will be made by NTA to consider the comfort and convenience of candidates, including PwD Candidates while allotting Centres.