Section 5(1)(II) in The Karnataka Professional Education Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Fixation of Fee) (Special Provisions) Act, 2011
(II)The remaining seats shall be filled through the Common Entrance Test conducted by the association of Private Professional Educational Institutions or the association of religious and linguistic minority institutions, as the case may be followed by centralized counseling, in a fair and transparent manner on the basis of merit determined subject to such rules as may be prescribed except otherwise specified in the consensual arrangement or agreement.