KEAM: Engg. third allotment to be delayed

The third allotment of the Commissioner of Entrance Examinations to the engineering courses is likely to take place only after August 20, the date to which the Kerala High Court has posted a case challenging the admissions by managements to the merit seats of the private self-financing engineering colleges after August 14.

According to sources, the Entrance Commissionerate is waiting for a reply from the government on its query whether to go for a third allotment when the scene is unclear in the light of the High Court interim order preventing the self-financing engineering managements from filling the merit quota seats that fall vacant after August 14, on their own.

If a final order is issued by the court that these seats should be filled by the CEE, then a fresh comprehensive allotment will have to be made. According to the current plan, the third allotment of the CEE excludes the private self-financing engineering managements and is for the government self-financing/ aided/government engineering colleges.

Another contentious provision of the agreement between the government and the private managements is that the students who join the private self-financing engineering colleges will have to forfeit their entire fee for four years to obtain TC after August 14, so as to join another college of their choice. An adverse final verdict on the former clause of the agreement will have a significant impact on this clause also.