BHUBANESWAR: With the Orissa High Court upholding the AICTE eligibility norms for admissions into professional programmes through the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) route, the body on Friday announced that seat allotments will be made within 24 hours. While web-based counselling process has already been complete, the JEE Committee was waiting for the HC verdict to proceed with the allotment of seats. Vice Chairman of the JEE Committee Dr Sitaram Mohapatra said the body will immediately bring out a schedule of allotment and other processes of admission so that there is minimal loss of academics. The details of nodal centres the candidates will have to visit for payment of the initial fees for admission, final allotment and reporting dates at the individual institutes will soon be brought out. The JEE body will roll out the allotment details for engineering, management and pharmacy on its website by Saturday. Mohapatra said the entire exercise is expected to be wrapped up by first and second week of September so that there is minimal loss of academics. For the first allotment, as many as 21,500 candidates were enlisted by the JEE. The HC decision on sticking to AICTE eligibility norms will see about 1568 students failing to make the cut for engineering branches. This will mean about 19,000-odd students will be eligible for admission against a total availability of seats of 38,000 in the various institutions. For MBA and MCA, about 3,500 candidates were put on the allotment list whereas for B Pharma, 500 have been given allotment. The AICTE eligibility will see the number dropping substantially. It is only after the final allotment is made that the JEE Committee will be in a better position to know about the vacancy position for various branches, Mohapatra said. The decision on the vacant seats thereafter will be taken by the Policy Planning Body (PPB) which is the highest decision making body on professional education in the State. The private professional colleges, engineering institutes to be particular, reeled under large scale vacancies since over 8,000 seats did not have any takers. This year, the situation looks grimmer given the difference between the number of seats and candidates given allotment. The figures could be in the range of 16,000 to 17,000. The Orissa Private Engineering Colleges Association (OPECA), which had challenged the AICTE norm, said it is waiting for the judgement. “We will take a decision on filing a writ or an appeal later but for now, we have requested the State Government resume the admission process,” honorary secretary of OPECA Binod Dash said.
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