Section 6 in Andhra Pradesh Engineering Common Entrance Test for Diploma and B.Sc. Degree Holders (ECET/ECET-AC) for Admission into second year Under Graduate Courses in Engineering/ Pharmacy Rules, 2008
6. Preparation of the Merit List and Assigning ranks in ECET.
- The Convener shall observe the following rules in preparing the merit list and Assigning the rank separately for Engineering and Pharmacy.(i)The candidates who have secured qualifying marks in the Entrance Test and the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities, to whom no minimum qualifying marks have been prescribed, shall be taken into consideration.(ii)All the candidates shall be assigned ranks in the order of merit on the basis of their aggregate marks secured in the ECET/ECET-AC. There shall be three separate rank lists for the Engineering Diploma Holder, B.Sc. Degree Holder and Pharmacy Diploma Holder streams of ECET/ECET-AC. An integrated rank list taking all the branches of Engineering/Technology into consideration, shall also be prepared.(iii)For Diploma students, in case of a tie inter-se in the Aggregate marks, the marks obtained in the Engineering Paper and in case of a further tie, marks obtained in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, in that order, shall be taken into account to decide relative ranks. In case of Pharmacy students, the marks obtained in the qualifying examination shall be taken into account to resolve the tie. In the case of B.Sc. Graduates the marks obtained in Mathematics in the Test, and in case of further tie, aggregate marks obtained in the qualifying examination shall be taken into account to resolve the tie.(iv)In the case the tie among some candidates is still not resolved even after following the procedure outlined in clause (iii) above, they shall be bracketed for the purpose of award of rank and at the time of admission, age shall be taken into consideration for determining the relative rank among them and the older candidates shall be given preference.(v)The following rank lists shall be prepared by the Convener separately for Engineering and Pharmacy.(a)State-wide Common Merit List: The list shall include candidates irrespective of whether one belongs to any category of reservation quota or not, basing on the marks obtained in the ECET/ECET-AC.(b)Integrated Merit List for entry into IT and other relevant Courses.(c)Region-wise Common Merit List: The list includes candidates belonging to the particular local area irrespective of whether one belongs to any category of reservation quoto or not basing on the marks obtained in the ECET/ ECET-AC.(d)Minority Community Merit Lists: They include merit lists, containing the candidates belonging to the different Minority Communities arranged in the Merit ranking assigned in the ECET/ ECET-AC, both State wide and Region-wise.(e)Community-wise Merit Lists: There shall be separate Community-wise merit lists for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Bank-ward classes Communities, both as State-wise and Region-wise; and (0 Merit list for other categories of reservations:There shall be separate lists for other categories of reservations as per the orders in force for Physically Handicapped, NCC, Games and Sports, Children of ex-servicemen and for women, both State-wide and Region-wise.(vi)Every candidate who has been assigned rank in the merit list shall be issued Rank Card by the Convener. The Rank Card, among other things, include the marks obtained in the EXET/ECET-AC and the rank assigned in the state wide merit, region-wise merit. Integrated Rank, Community-wise merit etc.,
