RULES OF ELGIBILITY FOR MHT-CET 2009 AND FOR ADMISSION TO FIRST
YEAR OF FOUR YEAR FULL TIME DEGREE COURSES IN  ENGINEERING/TECHNOLOGY FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2009–2010

Refer G.R. No.: DMER/MHT-CET-2009/Notification No. 2/1-A, Dated:- 04/02/2009

The entrance examination for the selection to all Health Science Courses, Engineering and Pharmacy Degree Courses in State of Maharashtra for the academic year 2009-10 shall beconducted by the Competent Authority appointed by Government of Maharashtra. The CommonEntrance Test (MHT-CET 2009) will be held on Thursday 7th May, 2009 at all the districtheadquarters in the State of Maharashtra.

The Selection Process shall however be separate for degree courses in Health Sciences, Engineering and Pharmacy. The respective Competent Authorities shall devise the system of Counseling/Allotment. This procedure shall be governed by the regulations and directions specified by the Govt. of Maharashtra from time to time.

This brochure gives the rules for the eligibility for appearing to the Maharashtra Health–Technical Common Entrance Test 2009 i.e. MHT-CET 2009, the eligibility for admission to first year of various courses in Engineering/Technology in the State of Maharashtra and also gives definition of various types of candidatures. These rules govern only the aspect of the ‘Common Entrance Test’and the eligibility of the candidates to appear at this examination.

The rules and information regarding the Distribution of seats under various heads i.e. Home University, Outside Home University, Institute Level seats, Minority seats, AIEEE seats etc.; details of the Reservation of seats, Fees concession offered to eligible candidates, details of the Centralized Admission Process (CAP), details of the Admission rounds, Institute/course wise Information etc. shall be provided in a separate Information Brochure which will be made available to the aspiring candidates at the time of filling up of the option/preference form

2.0 Eligibility Criteria:

2.1 Eligibility of Maharashtra State Candidate and OMS candidate for appearing for MHTCET-2009:

Candidate should be an Indian National and should have passed/appeared* the HSC (Std.XII)examination of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent examination with subjects English, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.

Note:

• Candidates who have appeared for qualifying examination i.e. HSC (Std. XII) or its equivalent examination during the academic year 2009-10 and whose results are not declared till the last date of submission of application form are eligible to appear for MHT-CET-2009, however for admission to first year of degree courses in Engineering/Technology, such candidates must fulfill the eligibility criteria as mentioned in the Admission Brochure.
• Maharashtra State candidates and OMS candidates are eligible to appear for the MHT-CET- 2009 conducted by the Competent Authority of Government of Maharashtra for the academic year 2009–2010, as per the rules defined in Admission Broacher 2009-10.
• Even though Outside Maharashtra State candidates are eligible to appear for the MHT-CET- 2009, it is specifically made clear that such OMS candidates will not able to participate in the Centralized Admission Process. These OMS candidates will be able to apply for the admissions against the Institute Level seats as well as the vacancy round of admission after completion of Centralized Admission Process, ONLY in the Unaided Private Engineering Colleges/Institutes.
• The facility of Constitutional Reservation is not available for the OMS candidates. Therefore OMS candidates will be treated as OPEN/GENERAL category candidate in the entire admission process.

2.2 Eligibility criteria for Maharashtra State Candidate and Outside Maharashtra State Candidate for admission to first year of degree courses in Engineering/Technology:

Candidate should be an Indian National and should have passed the HSC (Std.XII) examination of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent examination with subjects English, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics AND Secured minimum 50% marks i.e. not less than 150 marks out of 300 marks (minimum 45% marks i.e. not less than 135 marks out of 300 marks in case of candidates of Backward class categories belonging only to Maharashtra State) in the subjects Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics added together  AND Obtained a non zero score in subjects Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics added together at
MHT-CET 2009.

2.3 Eligibility Criteria for All India (AIEEE qualified) candidates: [for both the  Maharashtra Candidates and for the OMS candidates]:

Candidate should be an Indian National and should have passed the HSC (Std.XII) examination of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent examination with subjects English, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics AND secured minimum 50% marks i.e. not less than 150 marks out of 300 marks (minimum 45% marks i.e. not less than 135 marks out of 300 marks in case of candidates of Backward class categories belonging only to Maharashtra State) in the subjects Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics added together   AND Candidate should have a valid AIEEE Score (i.e. total score should be positive) for the year 2009–2010.

2.4 Eligibility Criteria for Foreign National/Foreign student/ PIO/Children of Indian  Workers in the Gulf countries/Children of NRI:

Candidate should have passed the HSC (Std.XII) examination of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent examination with subjects English, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and secured minimum 50% marks i.e. not less than 150 marks out of 300 marks in the subjects Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics added together.

• The NRI candidates are eligible to apply for admission against the Institute level seats, only in Unaided Private Engineering Colleges/Institutes. The extent to which such NRI candidates shall be admitted is limited to 15% of the sanctioned intake.  

• The eligibility of the candidates passing the HSC (Std. XII) equivalent examination from a school/college/Examination Board situate outside India shall be further decided by the University Authorities to which the candidate is admitted. Hence such candidates are advised to get their eligibility verified by the respective University Authorities before seeking admission to the Engineering courses in the State of Maharashtra.
• The candidate belonging to this type stated in rule 2.4, is not required to appear for the MHT-CET 2009/AIEEE 2009.

2.4 Eligibility criteria of Candidates who have passed/passing Diploma in
Engineering/Technology and seeking admission to First Year of Engineering/Technology:
(Against Institute Level Seats/Vacant seats after completion of CAP)

Diploma holders who have passed the Diploma course in Engineering/Technology with minimum of 50% marks and medium of instruction as English from the Polytechnics affiliated to MSBTE or AICTE approved autonomous Polytechnics in Maharashtra State ( for Maharashtra State Candidates) or such polytechnics situate inside/outside the State of Maharashtra ( for Outside Maharashtra State Candidates).

Note:
1. To resolve a tie i.e. more than one candidate securing equal aggregate marks in Final year of the Diploma exam, following order of preference shall be adopted: Maths at SSC, Grand Total at SSC.

2. Eligible Diploma candidates (rule 2.11) shall be considered for Admission against theInstitute level seats/vacant seats existing after completion of the Centralized Admission Process in Unaided Private Institutes only. The details of the admission process for filling application for admission agianst vacant seats shall be made available in the separate information brochure.

3. Such Diploma candidates (rule 2.11) are not eligible to appear for the MHT-CET 2009.

2.5 General Notes:

1. In case the maximum marks in individual subjects is other than 100 or total marks other than 300, then while converting marks out of 100 or total out of 300, no rounding off of the marks will be done. If the converted marks work out to be a figure with fraction, fraction up to two decimal places will only be considered e.g. if marks obtained (after conversion) added together work out to be 149.99 out of 300 (134.99 out of 300 for Reserved category MS candidate) then such a candidate will not be eligible for seeking admission to Degree courses in Engineering.

2. If letter grades are assigned instead of marks at SSC, HSC or its equivalent examination the candidate must obtain the certificate of conversion of letter of grades into marks from the competent authority where from the candidate has passed the examination. The candidate should produce such certificate at the time of submission of application form. The Eligibility shall be decided based on the equivalent marks submitted by such candidates.

3. If the candidate reappears for the qualifying examination (std XII or its equivalent) with all subjects then the marks obtained in the latest examination will only be considered for determining the eligibility criterion.

4. The Rules and Regulation/procedure stated herein is applicable for MHT-CET-2009 examination and selection to Engineering Courses for the academic year 2009-10. No promise is implied herein for the subsequent years and no expectation should be based on this for future.

2.6 Outside Maharashtra State candidate:

Note:

• Eligible OMS candidates (rule 2.2) shall be considered for Admission to institute level seats as well as against the vacant seats existing after the Centralized Admission Process in Unaided Private Institutes. The details of the admission process for filling up vacant seats and the institute level seats shall be made available at the time of filling up option/preference form in a separate information brochure.