Section 4 in Jammu and Kashmir Professional Engineering Colleges (Selection and Admission) Rules, 2016
4. Conduct of common entrance examination and selection for admission.
(1)The Competent Authority, shall conduct a Common Entrance Examination for selection against the available seats in Government Engineering College as well as Private Engineering Colleges on the pattern and in the manner prescribed by the said Authority.(2)The Competent Authority shall prepare a common merit list on the basis of inter-se merit of the candidates in the Common Entrance Examination in the descending order.(3)The selection of the candidates for admission to Engineering Courses against free seats in Private Engineering Colleges shall be made strictly on the basis of their merit in the Common EntranceExamination. - The selection of the candidates against payment seats shall be based on the merit in accordance with the choice preferred by the candidate.(4)The Course and College allocation shall be made as far as possible in accordance with the descending order of the preferences given by the candidate in his/her application form depending upon the availability of seats as per inter-se merit.(5)The Course and College allocation once made by the Competent Authority shall be final. The Private Engineering Colleges shall be bound to admit the students so allocated by the Competent Authority.(6)The selection list so prepared shall be published in at least two leading local dailies of Srinagar and Jammu and it shall also be displayed at the office of Competent Authority in Jammu and Srinagar.(7)The Competent Authority shall also prepare and publish a waiting list of the candidates indicating the marks obtained by them in the Common Entrance Examination. The said list shall be followed for filling of casual/drop-out vacancies from the select list as reported to them by the concerned Principals of Colleges. Such vacancies shall be filled in the descending order of their merit until such date as may be prescribed by the Competent Authority :Provided that all the selected candidates must possess the minimum marks prescribed for entrance test conducted by the Competent Authority.
