Section 9(2) in Professional Diploma Courses (Regulation of Admission and Payment of Fees) Rules, 2008
(2)Admission under Tuition Fee Waiver Scheme. - (i) the Tuition Fee Waiver Scheme shall be applicable to all the sanctioned seats of the diploma engineering courses in the Government colleges or institutions, grant-in-aided colleges or institutions and unaided colleges or institutions approved by AICTE, New Delhi;(ii)the supernumerary seats not exceeding five percent of sanctioned intake of the colleges or institutions shall be filled on the basis of merit of the candidate, the annual income of whose parents is less than Rs. 4.5 lakhs from all sources of income.(iii)the Tuition Fee Waiver Scheme shall be for the complete duration of the course and the students admitted under this scheme shall not be allowed to change the institution or the course under any circumstances.
