
Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) 2019: Special Round
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- Overview
- Eligibility
- Rules for Seat Allotted in JoSAA
- Participation Fee
- Registration Procedure
- Filling-in of Choices
- Previous Cutoffs
- Vacancy
- State Quota Seats Conversion
- Result
- Acceptance Options after Special Round-I
- Seat Acceptance after Special Round-I
- Fee Adjustment Rules
- Online Reporting after Special Round-I
- Important Note for Special Round-I
- Seat Acceptance after Special Round-II
- Refund Policy
- Participating Institutes
- Schedule
- Know More
Overview
Special Vacant Seats Filling Rounds, also known as special rounds are being conducted by Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) to fill the vacant seats at NITs, IIEST, IIITs and other GFTIs (Except IITs) after completion of all the JoSAA Rounds. Two Special Rounds will be conducted namely Special Round-I and Special Round-II. The registration and fee deposition for special round will start from July 25, 2019 (10 AM).
UPDATE: Special Round-II Results have been declared, read more here.
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Before Special Rounds, Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) filled the seats through seven rounds of counselling. JoSAA consisted of representatives from Joint Admission Board (JAB) 2019 representing the IITs and the Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) 2019 representing the NITs, IIEST, IIITs and other GFTIs.
Eligibility
- All candidates who were eligible for JoSAA 2019 as per JEE (Main) 2019 rank will be eligible for participating in the Special Round.
- All such candidates who have participated in JoSAA 2019 but declared ineligible will stand ineligible for this Special Round as well.
- Candidates who have not registered in JoSAA 2019 till now but are eligible as per their JEE (Main) 2019 rank will also be eligible for participating in the Special Round.
- Candidates who participated in JoSAA 2019 and were allotted a seat will also be eligible for participating in the Special Rounds for NITs/IIITs/ other GFTIs (except IITs).
- Candidates who participated in JoSAA 2019 but did not get any seat will also be eligible for participating in the Special Rounds for NITs/IIITs/ other GFTIs (except IITs).
- Candidates who have opted “Not to Participate in Special Round” at the time of reporting at the Allotted Institute during July 19, 2019 – July 23, 2019 are NOT ELIGIBLE to register in Special Round.
Rules for Seat Allotted in JoSAA
- All candidates who were allotted a seat in NITs/IIITs/other GFTIs till 7th JoSAA 2019 round must report to the Allotted Institute between July 19, 2019 – July 23, 2019, failing which their final JoSAA rounds allotted seat will be cancelled.
- At the time of reporting at the Allotted Institute, if the Candidate opts not to participate in Special Round, he/she is required to deposit the balance fee at the Allotted Institute. Such candidates will not be Eligible to Register in the Special Round.
- At the time of reporting at the Allotted Institute, if the Candidate opts to participate in Special Round, he/she is required to submit an affidavit and pay only the Seat Acceptance Fee (if not paid in earlier JoSAA rounds) at the Allotted Institute and not the whole Fee. Original documents will only be verified and will not be retained at allotted Institute. Actual charges for Boarding/Lodging during stay in the Institute shall be paid by the candidate to the Institute.
- Such candidates who opt to participate in Special Round but don’t register for Special Round during the Special Round Registration window, will lose their current allotted seat of JoSAA Rounds and will not be considered for the Special Rounds. This will be treated as Auto-Withdrawal from the Counseling process and the Seat Acceptance Fee paid by such candidate before Special Round, will be refunded by CSAB after deducting Rs 1,500.
- Candidates can also withdraw their allotted seat at NITs/IIITs/Other GFTIs during the Institute Reporting window (July 19, 2019 – July 23, 2019) at the allotted Institute. In case of withdrawal, the Seat Acceptance Fee will be refunded back by CSAB after deducting Rs 1,500. If any Institute Fee is paid, it will be refunded by the Institute after deducting actual charges for Boarding/Lodging during stay in the Institute.
- Candidates who were allotted a seat in IIT till 7th JoSAA 2019 round, can also participate in Special Round. But the Seat Acceptance Fee and/or Institution Fee will not be adjusted in the Special Round Participation Fee.
Participation Fee
Type of Candidate | GEN/ GEN-EWS/ OBC-NCL | SC/ ST/ PwD |
Candidate who didn’t register on JoSAA portal | ₹36,500 | ₹16,500 |
Candidate who registered on JoSAA portal but didn’t get a seat | ₹36,500 | ₹16,500 |
Candidate who was allotted a seat by JoSAA but didn’t pay Seat Acceptance Fee | ₹36,500 | ₹16,500 |
Candidate whose last (7th round) seat allotted under JoSAA counselling was in IIT | ₹36,500 | ₹16,500 |
Candidate whose last (7th round) seat allotted under JoSAA counselling was in NIT/IIIT/GFTI and Reported (retaining current seat) | ₹36,500 | ₹16,500 |
Candidate who got a seat allotted in NITs/ IIITs/ GFTIs in JoSAA rounds in SC/ST category and paid Seat Acceptance Fee but A) Seat was cancelled OR B) Seat was Withdrawn OR C) Candidate did not report at RC/AI AND A) Candidate’s category was converted to GEN at RC OR B) Candidate changed his/her category to GEN during Special Round Registration | ₹21,500 | NA |
Candidate who got a seat allotted in NITs/ IIITs/ GFTIs in JoSAA rounds in GEN-PwD/ GEN-EWS-PWD/ OBC-NCL-PWD category and paid Seat Acceptance Fee but A) Seat was cancelled OR B) Seat was Withdrawn OR C) Candidate did not report at RC/AI AND A) Candidate’s category was converted to GEN/ GEN-EWS/ OBC-NCL at RC OR B) Candidate changed his/her category to GEN/ GEN-EWS/ OBC-NCL during Special Round Registration | ₹21,500 | NA |
SC/ST candidate who got a seat allotted in NITs/ IIITs/ GFTIs in JoSAA rounds and paid the Seat Acceptance Fee and Reported at AI successfully but A) Candidate’s category was converted to GEN at RC OR B) Candidate changes his/her category to GEN during Special Round Registration | ₹56,500 | NA |
GEN-PwD/ GEN-EWS-PWD/ OBC-NCL-PWD candidate who got a seat allotted in NITs/ IIITs/ GFTIs in JoSAA rounds and paid the Seat Acceptance Fee and Reported at AI successfully but A) Candidate’s category was converted to GEN/ GEN-EWS/ OBC-NCL at RC OR B) Candidate changes his/her category to GEN/ GEN-EWS/ OBC-NCL during Special Round Registration | ₹56,500 | NA |
SC-PwD/ ST-PWD candidate who got a seat allotted in NITs/ IIITs/ GFTIs in JoSAA rounds and paid Seat Acceptance Fee but A) Seat was cancelled OR B) Seat was Withdrawn OR C) Candidate did not report at RC/AI AND A) Candidate’s category was converted to SC/ST at RC OR B) Candidate changes his/her category to SC/ST during Special Round Registration | NA | ₹1,500 |
Candidate who got a seat allotted in NITs/ IIITs/ GFTIs in JoSAA rounds and paid the Seat Acceptance Fee but A) Didn’t report at RC/AI OR B) Seat got cancelled at RC/AI OR C) Withdrew the allotted seat | ₹1,500 | ₹1,500 |
Registration Procedure
- Candidates need to visit CSAB website & click on “CSAB 2019 Special Rounds Registration and Choice Filling” OR directly go here.
- Candidates need to login using their JEE (Main) Roll Number & Password and make payment of special round participation fee.
- Please note that earlier registration made on JoSAA portal is now null and void.
- During Registration, candidates other than those who have reported at allotted Institute after 7th JoSAA round, can update their State of Eligibility, Nationality, Gender and Category/PwD (only from Beneficiary to non-Beneficiary Category).
- Candidates are required to upload Certificate of class X, Marksheet of class XII, Category Certificate (if applicable), PwD Certificate (if applicable) and State of Eligibility Certificate (if the candidate has passed Class XII from outside India).
- PwD candidates are required to upload PwD Affidavit along with the PwD Certificate in a single file.
- The uploaded documents/original documents will be verified at the time of reporting (online/in-person) only for those candidates who have been allotted a seat.
- Candidates are required to enter details of bank account (Account Holder Name, Account Number, IFSC Code, Bank Name) in which they wish to receive the refund amount, if any. Candidates are also required to upload scanned copy of cancelled cheque of the same bank account.
- A candidate is also required to provide the marks out of 500 in class 12th, as per eligibility norms mentioned here. Check the Top 20 Percentile cutoffs here.
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Filling-in of Choices
General Rules
- Registered candidate will be able to fill/re-arrange his/her choices where all the seats of NITs/IIITs/GFTIs will be displayed for which that candidate is eligible as per his/her category.
- All registered candidates are required to fill fresh choices. Earlier filled choices will not be considered in this round of seat allotment.
Candidates who have successfully reported at AI
- Candidates who have successfully reported at AI and want to participate in the special rounds while retaining currently allotted seat are also required to fill fresh choices.
- All valid choices will be shown to the candidate except the physically reported seat. Their last allotted seat (Physically Reported Seat) will automatically be considered as last choice in the set of choices.
- Based on new set of choices, a new seat will be allotted or his/her earlier allotted seat will be retained.
Previous Cutoffs
Candidates must check the cutoffs of all colleges till 7th round and fill the choices wisely as this would be the last round of counselling for admission in NITs, IIITs & GFTIs.
Vacancy
Check the tentative seat matrix of vacant seats here.
State Quota Seats Conversion
In the case when any Home State Quota seats remain vacant, such seats shall be converted to All India Quota and will be filled on the basis of merit in the given category.
Result
The result of Special Round-I is expected to be declared on July 28, 2019 (5 PM) while result of Special Round-II is expected to be declared on August 1, 2019 (5 PM).
Acceptance Options after Special Round-I
Freeze
Candidates accept the offered seat and indicate that they are content with the allocated academic program and that they do not want to participate in next round of seat allocation. Such candidates will NOT be considered in Special Round-II.
Slide
Candidates accept the offered seat and indicate that, if admission to an academic program of better / higher preference in the given choices is offered within the same Institute, they will accept it. Else, they will continue with the currently accepted academic program. Such candidates will be considered in Special Round-II.
Float
Candidates accept the offered seat and indicate that, if admission to an academic program of better/higher preference in the given choices is offered in any Institute, they will accept it. Else, they will continue with the currently accepted academic program. Such candidates will be considered in Special Round-II.
Surrender and Participating in Next Round
Candidates reject the offered seat and wish to participate in the Special Round-II. Candidates also indicate that, if admission to an academic program of better/higher preference in any Institute is offered, they will accept it. Whether the candidate is allotted/not allotted any seat in the next round, he/she will have no claim on the seat allotted in the Special Round-I. Such candidates will be considered in Special Round-II.
Surrender and Not Participating in Next Round
Candidates reject the offered seat and indicate that they want to withdraw from the counselling process. Such candidates will NOT be considered in Special Round-II. This implies that the candidate exits the seat allocation process ONCE AND FOR ALL without any seat in hand.
Seat Acceptance after Special Round-I
- Candidates who choose “Freeze” or “Slide” or “Float” option are required to pay the seat acceptance fee online.
- Candidates who have been allotted a seat first time in Special Round and want to accept the seat are required to pay ₹35,000 (₹15,000 for SC/ST/PwD) as seat acceptance fee.
- Candidates who participated in Special Round with a seat in hand in NIT+ System and have been allotted a seat in Special Round-I and want to accept the seat, are not required to pay anything.
- All candidates who have been allotted a seat, after fulfilling payment requirement, are required to ensure Successful Online Reporting for Document Verification to confirm their seat, otherwise the seat will be cancelled.
Fee Adjustment Rules
- Out of the Special Round Participation Fee, ₹1,500 is the Processing Fee which is non-refundable and non-adjustable in the fee of allotted Institute.
- Special Round Participation Fee and Seat Acceptance Fee paid by the candidates will be adjusted in the Institute Fee.
- For candidates who have deposited the Fee in any of the IITs, if allotted a seat in the Special Round, the fee deposited in the IIT will NOT be adjusted in the fee of the newly allotted Institute in Special Round. Only the Special Round Participation Fee will be adjusted in the fee of the newly allotted Institute. Such candidates will have to claim their fee from IITs as per refund policy of IITs.
Online Reporting after Special Round-I
- Candidates who choose “Freeze” or “Slide” or “Float” option will have pay the Seat Acceptance Fee.
- After payment of Seat Acceptance Fee, the uploaded documents of such candidates will be verified online by the officials of the allotted institute and final status (Seat Confirmation / Seat Cancellation) will be reflected in the candidate login.
- It is the sole responsibility of the candidate to keep checking his/her reporting status and provide necessary documents/information to the Institute’s official, if required during July 29, 2019 to July 31, 2019 (upto 5PM).
- For Seat Confirmation, the candidates are not required to visit the allotted Institute, however if a candidate has chosen “Freeze” and his status of Online Reporting is “Successful”, he may go to the allotted Institute and start attending classes.
Important Note for Special Round-I
- If a candidate who has reported successfully at the Allotted Institute during July 19 to July 23, 2019 and is participating in Special Rounds with currently allotted seat in hand, does not select any Acceptance Option, he/she will be automatically moved to Special Round-II with FLOAT as a default option.
- If a candidate who has been freshly allotted a seat, does not select any Acceptance Option OR doens’t pay Seat Acceptance Fee OR doesn’t respond to queries of inspecting official regarding document verification, then his/her seat will be CANCELLED and the candidate will not be considered for next round.
Seat Acceptance after Special Round-II
- All successful allottees of Special Rounds are required to report In-Person at the last allotted institute directly and complete the admission formalities during August 2, 2019 to August 5, 2019.
Refund Policy
- If a candidate opts to withdraw the seat allotted in NIT + System in JoSAA rounds during Institute reporting (July 19, 2019 – July 23, 2019) and does not participate in Special Rounds counseling, his/her Seat Acceptance Fee will be refunded back after deducting Rs. 1,500.
- If no seat is allotted to the candidate in the Special Rounds, his/her Participation Fee will be refunded back after deducting processing fee of Rs. 1,500.
- If no seat is allotted to the candidate in the Special Round-I and the candidate withdraws from Special Round-II, his/her Participation Fee will be refunded after deducting processing fee of Rs. 1,500.
- If a candidate gets a seat allotted in Special Round-I and his/her seat gets cancelled (due to reasons specified here), his/her Participation Fee and Seat Acceptance Fee (if paid) will be refunded back after deducting Rs. 5,000.
- If a candidate gets a seat allotted in Special Round-I and opts for “Surrender and Participating in Next Round”, and does not get seat in Special Round-II, his/her Participation Fee and Seat Acceptance Fee (if paid) will be refunded back after deducting Rs. 5,000.
- If a candidate gets a seat allotted in Special Round-I and opts for “Surrender and Not Participating in Next Round”, his/her Participation Fee and Seat Acceptance Fee (if paid) will be refunded back after deducting Rs. 5,000.
- If a candidate gets a seat allotted in Special Round-I and his/her seat gets cancelled due to ineligibility or in-appropriate document noticed during document verification, his/her Participation Fee and Seat Acceptance Fee (if paid) will be refunded back after deducting Rs. 5,000.
- If a seat is allotted up to Special Round-II (i.e. seat allotted in JoSAA/Special Round-I and retained for next round OR seat allotted afresh in Special Round-II), his/her Participation Fee and Seat Acceptance Fee (if paid) will not be refunded whether the candidate joins the allotted Institute or not. Fee of such candidates will be transferred to the Allotted Institute.
- If a candidate who has been allotted a seat in Special Round-II and his/her seat cancelled due to ineligibility or in-appropriate document, his/her participation fee and Seat Acceptance Fee (if paid) will not be refunded back.
Participating Institutes
Schedule
Activity | Date |
Display of Vacancies after JoSAA rounds | July 24, 2019 (5 PM) |
Registration, Payment of Participation Fee and Choice Filling Starts | July 25, 2019 (10 AM) |
Registration, Payment of Participation Fee and Choice Filling Ends | July 27, 2019 (5 PM) |
Seat Allotment Result – Special Round-I | July 28, 2019 (5 PM) |
Seat Acceptance and Institute Reporting (Online) | July 29, 2019 – July 31, 2019 (10 AM – 5 PM) |
Surrender Allotted Seat and Participating in Next Round | July 29, 2019 – July 31, 2019 (10 AM – 5 PM) |
Surrender Allotted Seat and NOT Participating in Next Round | July 29, 2019 – July 31, 2019 (10 AM – 5 PM) |
Seat Allotment Result – Special Round-II | August 1, 2019 (5 PM) |
Institute Reporting (In-Person) | August 2, 2019 – August 5, 2019 ((10 AM – 5 PM) |
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