Section 2(h) in The Punjab Private Health Sciences Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission, Fixation of Fee and Making of Reservation) Act, 2006
(h)"Open Merit Category" means a category of seats comprising such seats out of the sanctioned intake of an institution, as may be allocated by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette, for filling up those seats in a fair and transparent manner through a centralised receipt of applications and centralised counselling on the basis of the inter se merit, determined by a Common Entrance Test or Qualifying Examination, but excluding the seats of the management category or minority category;
