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Government of Maharashtra

INFORMATION BROCHURE

COMMON ENTRANCE TEST 2015 FOR HEALTH SCIENCE COURSES

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SCHEDULE FOR MH-CET 2015

1. Online Registration & filling of Application form. : 05/03/2015 to 24/03/2015

2. Schedule for Fee Acceptance at SBI Bank, through Computer Generated Challan. : 07/03/2015 to 26/03/2015

3. Issue of Admit Cards (Online) : 27/04/2015 to 06/05/2015

4. Date of Examination : 07/05/2015 (Thursday)

5. Centre of examination : As indicated in Admit Card

6. Examination & Bell Schedule a) Entry in Examination Hall b) Distribution of answer sheets c) Distribution of question booklets d) Examination Commences e) Latest Entry permitted in Examination Hall f) Examination concludes

: : : : : :

09.15 a.m. - Long Bell 09.40 a.m. 09.50 a.m. 10.00 a.m. - Long Bell 10.00 a.m. 01.00 p.m. - Long Bell

7. Last date of online submission of certificate/(s) for Additional Weightage Claim (For Health Science Courses Only).

: 12/05/2015

8. Online display of Question Paper Booklets of each version on website "www.dmer.org" : 18/05/2015

9. Online Display of Provisional Keys of each version on website "www.dmer.org" : 20/05/2015

10. OMR Answer Sheets will be available on website "www.mhcet-exams.co.in" : 25/05/2015

11. Last date of Online submission of objections on Question Paper/Answer Key/Typographic errors. : 25/05/2015 to 28/05/2015

12. Declaration of Provisional Result/Marks : On or before 05/06/2015

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Last Date of Submission of Application form for Verification of Marks at office of the Divisional authority with prescribed fee (Place - Mumbai, Pune, Miraj, Dhule, Aurangabad, Nanded, Nagpur & Akola)

: within 4 days of declaration of result

14. Declaration of Merit List on or before : 12/06/2015

15. Downloading of Marksheet from website "www.mhcet-exams.co.in" : 13/06/2015 to till the last date of filling up of preference form.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION AT A GLANCE

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PREAMBLE

The Government of Maharashtra has decided to conduct a single Common Entrance

Test MH-CET-2015 for selection to degree courses in Health Sciences and BVSc & AH

courses. The Entrance Test (MH CET 2015) will be held on Thursday 07th May 2015 at all

the district headquarters in Maharashtra.

For selection to Health Science degree courses, The Director, Medical Education and

Research (DMER), Mumbai is the Competent Authority. The Authority for selection to BVSc

& AH degree course is the Registrar, Maharashtra Animal and Fisheries Science University,

Nagpur.

The application form for MH CET 2015 will be available on the website

"www.mhcet-exams.co.in". The information Brochure for Health Science Course is available

on the website "www.dmer.org". The syllabus of MHCET 2015 is also available on the

website "www.dmer.org". The admit card & Score Card can be downloaded by the candidate

from the website "www.mhcet-exams.co.in".

After declaration of merit list, specified number of candidates will be called to fill the

preference form at four centers (Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur & Aurangabad). On the basis of

choices given by candidates the selection list will be displayed course-wise & college-wise

on the website www.dmer.org.

Competent Authority

MH-CET 2015

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MH-CET-2015 INDEX

1. Introduction 1 2. Definitions 1 3. Scheme of Examination 2 4. Eligibility For Admission To Health Science Degree Courses 4 5. Eligibility to B.V.SC. & A.H. Degree course in veterinary faculty 6 6. Online Application Form & Information Brochures 7 7. Certificates 10 8. Preparation of Merit List & Declaration of Result 11 9. Revaluation of HSC Marks Or Equivalent Examination Marks 12

10. Seats Allocation to All India Quota and to Government of India Nominee 12 11. Legal Jurisdiction 13 12. Conduct and Discipline 14 ANNEXURES

Annexure A : Divisional Authorities & Districts Under Their Jurisdiction 15

Annexure B : Constitutional Reservations 16

Annexure C : Children of Defence Personnel (Def) 18

Annexure D : Person with Disability (PWD) 20

Annexure E : Maharashtra - Karnataka Disputed Border Area Reservation 21

Annexure F : Hilly Area (HA) Reservation 21

Annexure G : Additional Weightage Claim 22

Annexure H : Proforma for Non-Creamy Layer Certificate 24

Annexure I : Certificate of Medical Fitness 25

Annexure J : Maharashtra Animal & Fishery Science University 26

Annexure K : District with District Codes & Abbreviations 27

Annexure L : Format of Application For Verification 28

Annexure M: Instructions For Filling Application Form 29

Annexure N: Specimen Copy of Online Application Form 31

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DMER, Mumbai ( 1 ) MH-CET-2015 Brochure

MH-CET 2015 INFORMATION BROCHURE: HEALTH SCIENCE COURSES

1. INTRODUCTION The entrance examination for the selection to Health Science degree Courses in the State of

Maharashtra for the academic year 2015-2016 shall be conducted by the Competent Authority appointed by The Government of Maharashtra. Seats in Health Science Courses are at all Government/Municipal Corporation, Government aided Health Science institutions and Private Medical Health Science Colleges/ Institutions who opt for admission through MH CET 2015. The Competent Authority shall devise the system of Counseling and Selection. This procedure shall be governed by regulations and directions specified by the Govt. of Maharashtra from time to time. The merit list of MH-CET-2015 will be utilized for the selection to Veterinary Colleges in Maharashtra. The Registrar, Maharashtra Animal & Fishery Science University (MAFSU), Nagpur, who is the Competent Authority for selection to Veterinary colleges, will notify the details of selection process separately. (Annexure J).

2. DEFINITIONS 2.1 "Online Application Form" means prescribed form to be filled Online by the candidate for

appearing at MH-CET 2015. Information submitted by the candidate and stored in the database with the competent Authority will be consider as valid information.

2.2 Appeal Committee means the Committee setup under the chairmanship of the Competent Authority, it shall deal with the representations submitted by the candidate(s)/parent(s) relating to grievances of the candidates with regard to MH-CET-2015 examination and the selection process.

2.3 Competent Authority means the Authority designated or appointed by Govt. of Maharashtra to conduct MH-CET 2015, and declare the results. The Competent Authority will supervise and control the selection process for the admission to Health Science degree courses and act as a chairperson of the Appeal Committee for representations submitted by the candidates. The Competent Authority will issue necessary executive instructions for implementation and provide relevant information to be published or communicated.

2.4 Center in-charge of the District means the District Collector or the officer(s) authorized by the District Collector.

2.5 Council means respective Central Council for Health Science courses.

2.6 Defence means services established under the Army Act 1950/ Air force Act1950/ Navy Act 1957.

2.7 Divisional Authority means the Dean/Officer(s) of specified Govt. Medical College who will be responsible to carry out the directions and instructions of the Competent Authority.

2.8 "Health Science Courses" means courses affiliated to Maharashtra University of Health Science(MUHS), Nashik, which include MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BHMS, BUMS, BPTh, BOTh, BP&O, BASLP and BSc Nursing.

2.9 Economically Weaker Section (EWS) means EWS as specified and laid down by Govt. of Maharashtra.

2.10 "Government College/Government Institution" - Means college/institution which is governed or aided by Government of Maharashtra/Central Government/ local self Government i.e Govt./Govt. aided/Municipal Corporation.

2.11 "Private College/Private Institution" - Means College/Institution which is governed by private management and not aided by Govt. of Maharashtra/Central Government/ local self Government.

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2.12 Hilly Area (HA) means Hilly Areas as per the resolutions issued by the Government of Maharashtra from time to time. (Annexure - F)

2.13 Intake Capacity in any particular institution/course means the minimum number of seats permitted by the four Regulatory authorities i.e. Govt. of India, respective Central Council, Govt. of Maharashtra and MUHS, Nashik.

2.14 Maharashtra Karnataka Border (MKB) means Maharashtra Karnataka disputed border area as set out by Government of Maharashtra. (Annexure-E)

2.15 Nomadic Tribes (NT) means Nomadic Tribes as specified and laid down by the Government of Maharashtra.

2.16 Other Backward Class (OBC) means Other Backward Class as specified and laid down by the Government of Maharashtra.

2.17 "Preference Form" means the preprinted form containing essential details of the candidate along with State Merit List Number, issued to the candidate after the examination. In this form the candidate has to give his choice of course and college in preferential order for selection to Health Science Courses.

2.18 Person with Disability (PWD) as per the directions issued by Medical Council of India.

2.19 Qualifying examination means the examination (i.e. HSC [12th standard] or equivalent examination) on the basis of result of which a candidate becomes eligible to appear at MH-CET entrance examination for selection to aforesaid Health Science Courses.

2.20 Scheduled Castes (SC) means Scheduled Castes as specified and laid down by the Government of India and as recognized issued by in the State of Maharashtra.

2.21 Scheduled Tribes (ST) means Scheduled Tribes as specified and laid down by the Government of India and as recognized issued by in the State of Maharashtra.

2.22 Special Backward Category (SBC) means Special Backward category as specified and laid down by the Government of Maharashtra.

2.23 Status Retention means the retention of a seat by a candidate, once admitted at a particular college/institution.

2.24 "Sub-Centre Incharge" means the officer incharge of the High School /College where the MH CET 2015 examination is being conducted.

2.25 Vimukta Jati (De-Notified Tribes) (VJ/DT) means Vimukta Jati as specified and laid down by the Government of Maharashtra.

2.26 "NRI Candidate" means a candidate who is to be admitted must him self/her self be Non-Resident Indian.

3. SCHEME OF EXAMINATION

3.1 Date of Examination: The examination will be conducted at various centres in Maharashtra on

Thursday, 07th May 2015.

3.2 Schedule & Test Design: The MH-CET-2015 will consist of one question paper Containing

Multiple Choice questions (MCQ).

There is no choice among the questions, i.e. all questions have to be answered. The candidate

desirous of selection to Health Science courses and BVSc & AH should appear for MH CET

2015. The Candidates will be provided one OMR Answer Sheet and Question Booklet. At the

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end of paper, candidate will hand-over the OMR Answer sheet and Question booklet to the

invigilator. No candidate is allowed to leave the examination Hall till the end of examination.

3.3 The candidate will be required to mark the correct answer by blackening the corresponding circle against the serial number of the question in the answer sheet with black ink ballpoint pen only. Out of four circles provided for selection of an answer against a question, the candidate should fill up one circle only. There shall be no negative marking. CHANGING AN ANSWER IS NOT ALLOWED: The candidates must fully satisfy themselves about the accuracy of the answer before darkening the appropriate circle, as no change in the Answer once marked is allowed. The answer once marked is final, any change in the option once marked, done by any method, will amount to a invalid/incorrect response.

3.4 Candidate should completely darken one and the only one best response (circle) For example

Q. No A B C D

Q. 52

Candidate should not use any other method for answering i.e. Half circle, dot. tick mark, cross etc. This may not be read by the scanner. Answer sheet of each candidate will be evaluated by computerized scanning method only (Optical Mark Reader). There will not be any manual checking during evaluation and verification.

3.5 Grievance Redressal Committee : A Greviance Redressal Committee will be constituted at each sub centre comprising following members: i) Sub-centre Incharge - Chairperson

ii) A Supervisor - Member Secretary III) An Invigilator - Member

The committee will function from 8.00 am to the end of the examination on the day of examination. If there is any grievance during this period (regarding loss of time due to administrative error or any other examination related important matter), the candidate will report it to the invigilator of his/her examination block. It will be communicated to the sub-centre incharge through supervisor. The committee will examine the Grievance on the spot and take necessary decision regarding the Grievance/s.

3.6 If a candidate has objection against any question in the question paper of this examination, the same may be submitted through website "www.mhcet-exams.co.in", from 25/05/2015 to 28/05/2015. Representation received after this period shall not be considered.

3.7 3.8 Time & duration of Examination: There will be one paper of 3 hours duration. Schedule of

examination - Thursday, 7th May 2015. Time 10.00 AM to 1.00 PM 3.9 Language of Question Paper: The medium for examination shall be English or Marathi or Urdu.

The option once exercised about the medium by the candidate on online application shall be irrevocable.

3.10 Examination Centre: The MH-CET-2015 will be conducted at all the district headquarters of the State of Maharashtra. The MH-CET examination center will be within the same district from where the candidate has passed / is appearing at the qualifying examination i.e. HSC/12th Standard examination. For the eligible candidates passing qualifying examination from outside the state of Maharashtra, the Competent Authority shall allot the examination center. The center once allotted by the Competent Authority shall not be changed under any circumstances. In the online application form, the facility for choice of distinct of examination center is available only for the candidates who have passed / appearing HSC 12th / equivalent from outside the State of Maharashtra.

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4. ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION TO HEALTH SCIENCE DEGREE COURSES 4.1 The candidate must be an Indian National. Persons of Indian Origin (PIO)/ Non Resident Indian

(NRI)/Overseas citizen of India (OCI) are not eligible. (Exception: Annexure J). 4.2 The candidate must be born on or before 31st December 1998 to be eligible to appear for MH-

CET-2015. However, for admission to Ayurved and Unani courses, candidate must be born on or before 1st October 1998. The Birth certificate indicating name of the candidate, Secondary School Certificate i.e. SSC or equivalent examination certificate or School Leaving Certificate endorsing the date of birth will constitute a valid proof.

4.3 The candidate must be medically fit and must submit a certificate of medical fitness at the time of Preference form filling as per proforma (Annexure-I).

4.4 The candidate must have passed the SSC or equivalent examination from an Institution situated in the state of Maharashtra.

4.5 The candidate must have passed the qualifying examination i.e. Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC/12th Standard) or equivalent examination, from an Institution situated in the State of Maharashtra with English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany & Zoology) at the time of admission.

4.5.1 Eligibility criteria of Qualifying Examination for various courses 4.5.1.1 For MBBS/BDS/BAMS/BUMS : A candidate belonging to Open Category must have

obtained not less than 50% (i.e. 150 out of 300) marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken together at the HSC (or equivalent) Examination. A candidate belonging to constitutional reservation (Annex. B) and constitutional reservation with Person with Disability claim must have obtained not less than 40% (i.e. 120 out of 300) marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken together at the HSC (or equivalent) Examination. Person with Disability in General category must secure not less than 45% marks in Physics, Chemistry & Biology (PCB) taken together at the HSC (or equivalent) Examination.

4.5.1.2 For B Sc. Nursing - A candidate belonging to Open category must have obtained not less than 45% marks in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English taken together at HSC (or equivalent) examination. A candidate belonging to constitutional reservation (Annex. B) must have obtained not less than 40% marks in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English taken together at HSC(or equivalent) Exam.

4.5.1.3 For BHMS, BPTh & BOTh, BASLP & BP&O courses: Clause 4.5.1.1 is not applicable. Passing grade at HSC/12th Standard or equivalent examination is however necessary.

4.5.1.4 BHMS, BPTh, BOTh candidates who have pass HSC/12th Standard or equivalent examination with Physic, Chemistry & Biology is however necessary.

4.5.1.5 For admission to BASLP, candidate who has passed 12th standard examination with Physics, Biology, Chemistry and/or Mathematics and/or Computer Science is eligible.

4.5.1.6 For admission to BP&O candidate who has passed 12th standard examination with Physics, Chemistry, Biology and / or Mathematics is eligible.

4.5.1.7 The candidate who is appearing for qualifying examination i.e. HSC (or equivalent exam.) in February/March 2015 is eligible to appear for MH-CET-2015, however they must fulfill the eligibility condition at Para 4.5 at the time of filling up of the Preference Form.

4.5.1.8 BPMT - Candidates Need not appear for MH-CET-2015 for BPMT course. Admission to BPMT course will be done on the basis of HSC/12th Standard examination marks. The admission will conducted at institute level.

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4.7 Exception for SSC (10th) and HSC (12th) or equivalent examinations: Children of employees of the Government of Maharashtra or its Undertaking :-

Children of employees of the Government of Maharashtra or its Undertaking posted on deputation or transfer to a place outside the State of Maharashtra, or transferred from outside to a place situated within the State of Maharashtra:-

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1. The children of such employees of Government of Maharashtra or its undertaking who have joined service since beginning at a place situated outside the State of Maharashtra but who have been transferred to a place situated within the State of Maharashtra shall be eligible for admission even though such children might have passed the S.S.C.(Std. X) and/or H.S.C. (Std.XII) or equivalent exam from the recognized Institutions situated outside the State of Maharashtra, provided that such an employee of Government of Maharashtra or its Undertaking must have been posted/ transferred/ deputed at a place of work located in the State of Maharashtra and also must have reported-for-duty i.e. joined the duty before the last date of submission of Preference Form.

2. The candidates belonging to the aforesaid category at (1) shall be required to produce the requisite Certificate from the Office at which such an employee of Government of Maharashtra or its Undertaking has reported for duty as a proof that such employee has joined the office and/or reported for duty before the cut off date for eligibility i.e. the last date of submission of Preference Form. The certificate should contain full name of the employee, designation, transfer/posting order number and date, date of joining and present status of posting. A copy of transfer/posting order should also be produced at the time of filling the preference form.

3. The children of such employees of Government of Maharashtra or its Undertaking who have been transferred or deputed to a place situated outside the State of Maharashtra or who have returned to the State of Maharashtra after initial transfer/deputation shall be eligible for admission even though such children might have passed the S.S.C. (Std. X) and/or H.S.C. (Std. XII) or equivalent examinations from the recognized Institutions situated outside the State of Maharashtra.

4. The candidates belonging to the aforesaid category at (3) above shall be required to produce the requisite Certificate from the Office at which such an employee of Government of Maharashtra or its Undertaking has reported for duty. The certificate should contain full name of the employee, designation, transfer order number and date, date of joining and present status of posting. A copy of transfer order should also be produced at the time of filling the preference form.

4.8 Exception for SSC (10th) and HSC (12th) or equivalent examinations: Children of employees of Government of India or its Undertaking:- 1. The children of the employees of Government of India or its Undertaking shall be eligible for

admission even though they might have passed the S.S.C. (Std.X) and/or H.S.C. (Std. XII) or equivalent exam from the recognized Institutions situated outside the State of Maharashtra, provided that such an employee of Government of India or its Undertaking must have been transferred and posted at a place of work, located in the State of Maharashtra and also must have reported for duty i.e. joined the duty before the last date of submission of Preference Form.

2. The candidates belonging to the aforesaid category (1) shall be required to produce the requisite Certificate from the Office at which such an employee of Government of India or its Undertaking has reported for duty as a proof of the fact that such employee has joined the office and/or reported for duty before the cut-off date for eligibility i.e., the last date of submission of Preference Form. The certificate should contain full name of the employee, designation, transfer and posting order number and date, date of joining and present status of posting. A copy of transfer and posting order should also be produced at the time of filling the preference form.

4.9 CET-Marks Eligibility For Admission to MBBS & BDS Courses: A candidate belonging to open category must secure not less than 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry & Biology (PCB) taken together at Common Entrance Test i.e. MH-CET-2015. A candidate belonging to constitutional reservation (Annexure B) and constitutional reservation

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with Person with Disability (PWD) must secure not less than 40% marks in Physics, Chemistry & Biology (PCB) taken together in the MH-CET-2015. Person with Disability in General category must secure not less than 45% marks in Physics, Chemistry & Biology (PCB) taken together in the MH-CET-2015.

4.10 CET Marks for Admission to BAMS/BHMS/BUMS/BPTh/BOTh/BASLP/BP&O and B.Sc. Nursing: A candidate will be selected on the basis of merit in Common Entrance Test (MH-CET-2015) to above stated courses.

4.11 Additional Eligibility For BUMS: Candidate should have passed SSC (or equivalent) examination from the recognized board with

Urdu or Arabic or Persian Language as one of the subject. 4.12 Cut-off date for the eligibility: The eligibility of the candidate shall be determined and/or

decided for all purposes including for applicability of all these Rules and Regulations by considering the last date of submission of Preference Form as the cut-off date. It is made abundantly clear that if a candidate is found ineligible as on the last date of submission of preference form, in terms of these Rules and Regulations, and if such an ineligible candidate acquires the requisite eligibility after the aforesaid cut-off date (i.e. the last date of submission of preference form), such subsequent acquisition of eligibility will not make an ineligible candidate eligible for any purpose whatsoever, much less for the purpose of admission.

4.13 The selected candidates who have cancelled their admission after the cut-off-date declared by the respective central councils for the admission to Health Science Courses in the year/(s),2013-14 and 2014-15, by the Competent Authority (NEET UG-2013 and MH CET 2014) are not eligible to appear at MH-CET 2015. Notwithstanding anything stated in the rule here-in-above, a candidate, who was allotted a seat in any course under MUHS Nashik in previous year(s) and who failed to join or vacated / abandoned it after availing the said seat, or has completed such a period of course which would result into lapse of the said seat, will not be eligible for appearing at MH-CET examination and admission for the next two years. Penalty for lapse of seat (MBBS/BDS Course): Any candidate responsible for lapse of MBBS/BDS seat will have to pay a penalty of Rs.10,00,000/- (Rupee Ten Lacs Only). This penalty is applicable to all those candidates who do not join during last round or cancel a seat after last round of admission. This penalty is also applicable to the candidate resigning a seat after cut-off date for MBBS/BDS course or also fails to complete the course and also applicable to candidates who cancel the admission after prescribed date to be notified by Competent Authority. If admission is cancelled on medical grounds after cut-off date, the Competent Authority will take appropriate decision regarding 'waiving off' penalty, after ascertaining medical ground by special medical board, constituted by the Competent Authority.

4.14 For Eligibility to Health Science Courses under Defence specified reservation - Refer Annexure - C

4.15 For Eligibility to Health Science Courses under Person with Disability (PWD) specified reservation - Refer Annexure - D.

4.16 For Eligibility to Health Science Courses under Maharashtra Karnataka Border (MKB) area specified reservation - Refer Annexure - E.

4.17 For Hilly Area seat claim - Refer to conditions/criteria under Annexure-F. 4.18 All those candidates who have passed the S.S.C. (Std. X) and/or H.S.C. (Std. XII) or equivalent

examination/s from an Institution/s situated outside the State of Maharashtra are NOT ELIGIBLE to appear at MH-CET 2015 examination and subsequent admission to Health Science courses, except those exempted under Rule 4.7, 4.8, 4.14 and 4.16.

4.19 Admission to Health Science Courses is subject to the grant of eligibility by Maharashtra University of Health Science, Nashik.

5. FOR ELIGIBILITY TO B.V.Sc. & A.H. DEGREE COURSE IN VETERINARY FACULTY (Refer Annexure J)

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6. ONLINE APPLICATION FORM & INFORMATION BROCHURE :- The information brochure for MH CET 2015 is available on web site "www.dmer.org". Candidate is advised to download and print the brochure. For submission of online application form the candidates should login "www.mhcet-exams.co.in" website. The detail procedure for online submission of application form & registration is as follows.

6.1 Procedure for MHCET 2015 Registration and payment through State Bank of India (SBI) branches

A candidate has to first register for MHCET 2015 at "www.mhcet-exams.co.in" and only then he / she can make the payment at the branches of SBI.

6.1.1 MHCET 2015 Registration: In order to register online, the candidate has to visit the website "www.mhcet-exams.co.in" and click MHCET 2015 Registration. The MHCET2015 Registration page opens up wherein he/she has to fill-in the online form. The information to be provided includes personal details and uploading of your recent colour passport photograph and signature.

6.1.2 Filling of online application form: The candidate will be prompted to enter his/her valid email id, mobile No. and a password on the first login. All these three must be carefully noted and retained by the candidate for all future correspondence with MHCET Office, downloading MHCET Admit card etc.

The candidate can continue and complete his/ her filling up of educational details.

6.1.3 TO UPLOAD PHOTOGRAPHS AND SIGNATURES

Please note that all the applicants are required to upload their scanned/digital recent colour photograph and signature. File size of each of the Photograph and Signature should not be more than 50 KB per file. The online application system will not allow to upload files larger than 50 KB. All Candidates have to upload his/ her Photograph and Signature only in "Jpeg" format and file name of Photograph and signature should preferably be photo.jpeg and sign.jpeg respectively.

For Uploading photograph

Take your recent colour passport size photograph. The picture should be taken against a light/white background. In case the face on the photograph is not clear , your application is liable to be rejected. Candidate should upload such scanned/digital photograph.

File size of each of the Photograph should not be more than 50 KB per file, otherwise it will not be allowed by the System to upload.

To reduce the size, crop the image of the passport size photograph in MS Paint or any other Photo Editor.

Please ensure that only the full face portion is cropped and not the entire photograph.

For Uploading Signature

The candidate himself/herself should sign (no capital letters) on a white paper with a black ink pen. Scan the signature in 200 dpi( dots per inch) scanner resolution settings and the file size should be

less than 50 kb in jpeg format. To reduce the size, crop the image of the signature in MS Paint or any other Photo Editor. Please

ensure that only the signature portion is cropped and not the entire A4 paper on which you have signed. Once photograph and signature files are uploaded by the candidate successfully, the system will show on the screen Photograph and Signature that has been uploaded. If these have been correctly uploaded, you should now proceed further to generate the bank challan for the payment through 'State Bank of India'.

How to ensure that the Photograph and Signature are within 50 KB per file?

Please open the digital or scanned photograph or signature in MS Paint by right clicking the photograph or signature.

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Press Ctrl + W, a window will open which will have an option 'resize by %'. Here enter anything between 10 to 50% and save the file with an extension .jpeg.

Check for the size of the file in 'properties'. If the file size is still higher than 50 KB, once again open in paint and resize it to bring it down to less than 50KB.

Repeat this process till the file size is less than 50 KB.

Save this file with the file Name as mentioned above as photo.jpeg and sign.jpeg

6.1.4 Downloading Bank Challan: The candidate has to download and print the MHCET bank challan on an A4 size paper on a single page. Please adjust your printer settings suitably to take the print on an A4 size paper. The bank challan will have MHCET2015 Registration No., Name of the candidate, address, phone number and date of registration, printed on it. The printed bank challan is in two parts. You have to take this bank challan to the SBI branch.

6.1.5 Payment of fees at State Bank of India (SBI) Branch: The candidate has to take this printed MHCET Bank challan to any of the SBI branches (https://www.sbi.co.in/corporate/branchlocator.htm) to make the payment after 48hrs of registration. Please tender Rs 800.00 + Rs 60.00 Bank Commission for Open Candidates and Rs 600.00 + Rs 60.00 Bank Commission for Reservation Category Candidates. On the printed bank challan, the bank will enter the date of payment, Journal No/Bank Transaction ID, Branch Name & Code and put a bank seal on each part of the bank challan. The bank will retain the Banks copy of the bank challan and return the rest of the bank challan to the candidate.

6.1.6 Completion of online application Form: The candidate should visit "www.mhcet-exams.co.in" and logs in MHCET2015 registration using his/her MHCET 2015 Registration No and password after 24 hours of making the payment. Please confirm whether the Bank transaction ID No. and date of payment have been updated. If it has been, click on the generate MHCET Confirmation Page. A Confirmation Page will open up. Please save this page and also take a print out of the same. This completes the Registration process.

6.1.7 MHCET 2015 Registration No.& Password: The candidate is advised to keep a copy of the Bank challan, MH CET2015 Registration Confirmation Page printout. He/she should note the MHCET Registration No. and password for all future correspondence with MHCET Office.

6.1.8 Generation of Admit Card: Candidate should visit website "www.mhcet-exams.co.in" any time between 27th April 2015 and 06th May 2015 and take a print out of the same where candidate's MHCET 2015 Roll No., the address of the Examination centre will be mentioned.

6.1.9 Important Notes

Once you finish your registration for MHCET 2015 you shall be provided with a unique MHCET 2015 Registration No.& password. a. Please note that emails to candidate and Login on "www.mhcet-exams.co.in" (Accessed by MHCET

Registration No.& password ) will be the standard mode of communication.

b. The email address that you enter in the registration form will be treated as your primary email address and all communications will also be sent to the same.

c. Please ensure that you provide a valid email address.

d. Please ensure that you use your personal email address only as your primary email address in the application.

e. Please add '[email protected]', as trusted sources in the anti-Spam software of your email. Otherwise, either you will not receive important emails or they will get delivered to your Spam/junk folder.

f. Please access your emails regularly and ensure that your inbox is accessible.

g. Please note that the MHCET Registration No. and password gives you an individual login on "www.mhcet-exams.co.in", You need to check for mails from MHCET on frequent intervals.

Note: If you do not receive the confirmation message within 24 hours of Registering, please check your spam/junk folder just in case the confirmation email got delivered there instead of your inbox. If you are unable to locate the email, please email to '[email protected]' citing

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your primary email id or call to call center no 0120- 4055011 between 10.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. on all working days. Students should note that it will be compulsory for them to bring the downloaded admit card, application form & challan printouts/ valid Photo ID proof for identity verification on the day of examination.

6.2 FLOW CHART OF MHCET 2015 REGISTRATION PROCESS

6.3 The facility of online submission of application form will be closed on 24/03/2015 at 4.00 pm., to avoid last minute rush, candidates are requested to submit the online application form well in advance without waiting for last date. The last date for submission online application form will not be extended under any circumstances. After satisfactory submission of online application form if payment is not made on or before 26/03/2015 in the bank, the candidates will not be eligible for this examination.

The center for examination will be allotted by competent Authority and it will be district place where the candidate passed /appearing HSC / 12th equivalent examination. In the online application form facility for choice of examination center is available only for candidates pass/ appearing HSC/12th equivalent examination from outside the State of Maharashtra. A specimen copy of online application form is available in information brochure as shown is Annexure "N"

6.4 The candidates desirous of claiming the constitutional and / or specified reservations must have claimed the same in the original online application form of MH-CET 2015, failing which the claim will not be entertained subsequently. A candidate belonging to backward class from Maharashtra state only, is eligible for claiming seat under reserved category. (Refer Annexure-B)

6.4.1 If the cast validity certificate (CVC) is pending or Non creamy layer certificate (NCL) is pending, still the candidate must claim the Constitutional Reservation in original online application form. In case of Non production of CVC/NCL, the candidate will be

Visit MHCET 2015 website and click Registration link. Fill following information, "Personal information, Contact information, Reservation, Educational details and MHCET details"

Create own password and click NEXT. The candidate receives an email confirming the registration.(Future Login will be allowed with your Registration ID and password).

On the next screen, upload your scanned photograph and signature. Uploaded files are displayed on screen. Click SUBMIT to confirm or RELOAD to change the images.

Applicant is required to upload his/her scanned digital photograph and signature in jpeg format only.

Link is displayed to generate the Bank Challan. Take a print of the Challan and make payment at any of the SBI branches after 48hrs of registration.

The last date of fee acceptance at SBI branches is 26th March 2015

You must end your session properly by clicking on LOGOUT button after completing the steps above.

Login after 24 hours of making the payment for confirming your payment details in your profile and generate the MHCET Registration Confirmation Page. Save and Print the same for future reference.

You are not required to send this to MHCET office

Your admit card will be available for download from 27/04/2015 onwards.

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automatically considered in general category at the time of preference form filling. Request for giving claim from general category to reserve category will not be entertained at any stage during the process.

6.4.2 Candidate desirous of specified reservation i.e. Person with Disability (PWD), Defence -1, Defence -2, Defence -3 Hilly Area, MKB and exemption under 4.7 & 4.8 must have claimed same in the online application form of MH-CET 2015, failing which the claim will not be entertained subsequently.

6.5 An incomplete application form will be rejected. Application form sent by post/courier will be rejected. The candidate shall submit one and only one application form. In case, candidate submits more than one application form. The last submitted online application form along with payment will be treated as valid.

6.6 Admit Card: The Admit Cards will be downloaded from "www.mhcet-exams.co.in" website after login during 27/04/2015 to 06/05/2015. Candidate has to appear for examination with downloaded Admit Card and any Photo ID proof (School / College Identity Card, Pass port).

Issue of Admit Card is merely an enabling document for appearing at the MH CET 2015 and does not imply that the candidate satisfies all the requirements of eligibility conditions of admission to health Science Courses.

7. CERTIFICATES No original certificates or their attested photocopies are required to be submitted along with online application form. However, the following certificates in original and their attested photocopies must be submitted for scrutiny at the time of filling the preference form, as well as at the time of admission.

7.1 Photo ID proof School / College Identity Card, Identity Card/Adhar card/Admit Card (any one) and Mark sheet of MH-CET 2015 Examination.

7.2 Nationality Certificate issued by District Magistrate/Addl. District Magistrate or Metropolitan Magistrate (Competent Authority for issue of such certificate)/valid Indian Passport or School Leaving Certificate of HSC/12th Std. indicating the nationality of the candidate as Indian.

7.3 Domicile Certificate issued by District Magistrate/Metropolitan Magistrate/ Addl. District Magistrate or Tehsildar. (Please refer 4.7, 4.8 & Annexure "C" for exception.)

7.4 SSC i.e. 10th Standard or equivalent examination certificate, school leaving certificate or Birth certificate indicating name of the candidate (for DOB) and SSC Statement of Marks.

7.5 HSC i.e. 12th Standard or equivalent examination Statement of Marks 7.6 Medical fitness certificate (Annexure-I)

If applicable following certificates.

7.7 Constitutional reservation claim. (Annexure-B)

a) Caste Certificate

b) Caste Validity Certificate (CVC)

c) Non-Creamy Layer Certificate (for VJ/DT (v), NT (c), NT (d), NT (M), SBC & OBC) valid upto 31/3/2016. (Annexure - H)

7.8 Specified Reservation Claim a) Defence Category Claim (Annexure-C)

b) Person with Disability Claim (PH) (Annexure-D)

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c) MKB Claim (Annexure-E)

d) HA Claim (Annexure-F)

7.9 Additional Weightage Claim (Annexure-G)

a) Sports

b) Hyderabad/Goa Liberation (HGL)

c) Freedom Fighter (FF)

d) National Cadet Corps (NCC) The attested photocopies of certificates for additional weightage claim along with photocopy of admit card of MH-CET-2015 must be sent by registered post/courier/hand delivery so as to reach the office of the Competent Authority at Mumbai, on or before the prescribed date, failing which, the claim will not be granted. The envelope must be superscribed as Additional weightage claim for MH-CET-2015.

7.10 Necessary transfer order/(s) of the parent (Rule 4.7 and Rule 4.8 and Annexure C 3(d)).

8. PREPARATION OF MERIT LIST AND DECLARATION OF RESULT The Competent Authority will conduct the examination, evaluate the answer sheets and declare the

result. The result will be declared on websites of DMER i.e. www.dmer.org on or before 05/6/2015.

The result will be declared in pertange on the website.

8.1 After the examination question booklet of all versions will be made available on website "www.dmer.org" from 18/05/2015. Provisional Answer key of each version will be made available on website "www.dmer.org " from 20/05/2015. The OMR Answer sheet of all the candidates will be made available on "www.mhcet-exams.co.in" website from 25/05/2015. The OMR Sheet will be available to each candidate after entering Password and Registration ID as mentioned in flow chart of registration process. (Refer rule no 6.2)

8.2 Preparation of Merit List for Selection to Health Science Courses

Marks obtained by the candidate at the MH-CET-2015 will be corrected with additional weightage for the circumstances/activities stated at Annexure-G and State Merit List indicating State merit number, regional merit number, categorywise merit number, will be prepared on the basis of such corrected marks, in descending order of merit.

8.3 The downloadable mark sheet will be made available on website "www.mhcet-exams.co.in" from 13/06/2015 till the last date of filling up of preference form.

8.4 Tie-breakers

In case of equal corrected marks at the MH-CET-2015, the following procedure shall be adopted for deciding inter-se merit,

First level: A candidate with higher total of uncorrected marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology at the MH-CET-2015 shall be preferred, if the tie still persists, then:

Second level: A candidate with higher marks in Biology at the MH-CET-2015 Examination shall be preferred, if the tie still persists then:

Third level: A candidate with higher marks in Chemistry at the MH-CET-2015 Examination shall be preferred, if the tie still persists then:

Fourth Level: A candidate with higher percentage of aggregate marks at the SSC (or equivalent) Examination shall be preferred, if the tie still persists, then:

Fifth level: An older candidate shall be preferred over a younger candidate.

8.5 Verification of Marks Obtained at MH-CET 2015: If a candidate desires to get his/her Answer sheet evaluation verified, an application in prescribed proforma (Annexure L), along with self

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addressed unstamped envelope (9X 4.5) should be submitted to any Divisional Authority, within 4 days of declaration of the result of MH-CET-2015, along with Demand Draft/Pay Order of Rs.1000/- (Rs. One Thousand only) drawn on any scheduled commercial bank in favour of Director of Medical Education & Research, Mumbai, payable at Mumbai.

The candidate will be sent photocopy of the Answer sheet and model answer key, after due verification by the Competent Authority through registered post.

Representations received after the specified period will not be entertained. The change if any, shall be communicated to the candidate. The decision of the Competent Authority in this matter shall be final and binding.

8.6 The Rules and Regulation/procedure stated herein is applicable for MH-CET-2015 examination and selection to Health Science Courses for the academic year 2015-2016. No promise is implied herein for the subsequent years and no expectations should be based on this for future.

9. REVALUATION OF HSC OR EQUIVALENT EXAMINATION MARKS

If the marks of a candidate at HSC (or equivalent) examination have been revised on revaluation, the eligibility of the candidate may be altered. The candidate will be permitted to avail the benefit of revised marks upto the last date of filling up of Preference Form, subject to his/her representation to that effect to the Competent Authority and production of necessary proof to the satisfaction of the latter.

10. Seats Allocation to All India Quota and seats earmarked for the "central pool scheme"

Among all the seats available in Health Science Courses at all Government/Municipal Corporation and Government aided Health Science institutions, AIPMT quota and seats earmarked for the "central pool scheme" are allocated as follows,

10.1 AIPMT Quota : At present 15% seats in each Government and Municipal Corporation Medical (MBBS) and Dental (BDS) Colleges are contributed to All India Quota. All India quota seats (15% AIPMT Quota seats / Surrendered back to the state shall retain their original Character filled in by 30% state quota All India Quota will retain their original Category character. All India Quota surrendered Seats having OBC character will be allotted to MH CET candidates, of VJ, NT1, NT2, NT3 and OBC Category candidate (group together) as per interse merit.

10.2 Seats Earmarked For The "Central Pool Scheme": Fifteen (15) seats in Govt. Medical Colleges, Three (3) seats in Govt. Dental Colleges and Five (5) seats (BAMS) in Govt. Ayurved Colleges are filled by the Ministry of Health and Family welfare, Government of India, Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi as a seats earmarked for the, central pool scheme. Any Vacancies under "central pool scheme" shall be filled in by 30% OPEN category candidate from State Merit List. The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare is maintaining a Central Pool of MBBS/BDS seats by seeking voluntary contribution of various States/UTs having Medical/Dental Colleges and institutions. The seats collected in the Central Pool from the States/UT Governments/Institutions are in turn allocated to the States/UTs which are not having Medical/Dental Colleges of their own and to certain other Ministries/Departments like Ministry of External Affairs, Defence, Home Affairs, Human Resources Development and Cabinet Secretariat to mean their needs. The Eligible candidates seeking admission/nomination against seats earmarked for Central Pool Scheme need to apply directly to the authorities concerned (Mentioned Below) and not to the institution/college/university where seats are earmarked for the Central Pool scheme. The eligible candidates should not apply for such seats to Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India.

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Sr.No Category Authority to whom the application is to be sent. 1. Students belonging to States/Union Territories with no

Medical/Dental College. Health Secretary, State/Union Territory Government

2. Wards of Defence Personnel Liason Officer, Kendriya Sainik Board, Ministry of Defence, West Block-IV, Wing No.5, R.K.Puram, New Delhi-110066

3. Children of Para-military personnel: i) For CRPF/BSF/SSB etc.

personnel Ministry of Home Affairs, FR-I Section, North Block, New Delhi-110001

ii) For R&AW/SFF/ARC personnel

Cabinet Secretariat, EA-II Section, Bikaner House (Annexe), Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110011

4. Children of Indian Staff serving in Indian Missions abroad.

Ministry of External Affairs, Welfare Cell, Akbar Bhawan, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi-110021

5. For meeting diplomatic/bilateral commitments Ministry of External Affairs, Students Cell, Akbar Bhawan, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi-110021

6. Tibetan Refugees Central Tibetan Schools Administration, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Secondary & Higher Education, Ess Plaza, Community Centre, Sector3, Rohini, Delhi-110085

7. National Bravery Award Winning Children Indian Council for Child Welfare, 4-Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, New Delhi-110002

8. Civilians affected by Terrorism Ministry of Home Affairs,IS Division, North Block, New Delhi

10.3 The scheme of seat distribution for State Quota seats will be published in the information

brochure for preference system. There will be constitutional and specified reservations for State

Quota.

11. LEGAL JURISDICTION All disputes pertaining to the conduct of examination and selection shall fall within the jurisdiction of

Courts, at Mumbai only. The Competent Authority shall be the legal person in whose name the

Government of Maharashtra may sue or may be sued.

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12. CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE 12.1 Failure of the candidate in entering full and correct information in the online application form

and/or suppression of any information would lead to disqualification of the candidate for MH-

CET 2015 or even at later date. Such a candidate will be debarred from the examination / entire

selection process.

12.2 Adopting an unfair means or engaging in malpractice in the examination shall render a candidate

liable for punishment under, Maharashtra Prevention of Malpractices Act, Universities, Board

and Other Specified Examination Act, 1982 and disqualify him/her for MH-CET-2015

examination.

12.3 If any person(s) or officer(s) dealing with the conduct of the MH-CET-2015 are found engaged

in act(s) that would result in the leakage of question paper or attempt to use or help in the use of

unfair means in this examination, he/she shall be liable to prosecution under Indian Penal Code.

12.4 As per Government Resolution (G.R. No. MED 1007/CR-490/07/Ed-2 dated 8th Feb 2008 and

any G.R issued in this regard from time to time), candidates joined against the seats of

Government/Municipal Corporation colleges for admission to MBBS/BDS Courses either

through GOI nominee, All India quota or through MH CET 2015 will be required to sign a bond

to serve the Government of Maharashtra or local self government or Defence services for a

period of one year, failing which he/she will be required to pay Rs.10,00,000/- (Rupees ten lacs

only) for the default. Additionally, he/she will be required to sign an undertaking to the effect

that he/she will not leave India within a period of five years from the date of obtaining the

degree, otherwise he/she will have to pay Rs. 10,00,000/- (Rs.Ten lacs only) as penalty.

13. Any issue not dealt here-in above will be dealt with, when arising, fully and finally by the competent authority. Any amendments made by Government of Maharashtra from time to time will

be implemented.

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ANNEXURE - A Divisional Authorities & Districts Under Their Jurisdiction

Divisional Authority Telephone No./Fax/ E-mail Districts under jurisdiction

1) Dean, Grant Government Medical College, J.J. Hospital Compound, Byculla, Mumbai 400008

Tel : (022) 23735555, 23731144 Fax : (022) 23735599 Email: [email protected]

Mumbai Urban Mumbai Suburban Thane Palghar Raigad

2) Dean, B. J. Government Medical College, Jayprakash Narayan Road, Near Pune Rly. Station, Sassoon Hospital Compound, Pune- 411 001.

Tel: (020) 26128000 / 26126010 Fax:(020) 26126868 Email: [email protected]

Pune Ahmednagar Satara Solapur

3) Dean, Government Medical College, Pandharpur Road, Miraj, Dist-Sangli-416 410.

Tel: (0233) 2231158,2232090 to 99 Fax:(0233) 2231958 Email: [email protected]

Sangli Kolhapur Ratnagiri Sindhudurga

4) Dean, Shri. Bhausaheb Hire Govt. Medical College, Mumbai-Agra Highway, Chhakarbardi Campus, Near Residency Park, Dhule - 424 301

Tel: (02562) 239407 / 239207 Fax:(02562) 239207 / 236744 Email: [email protected]

Dhule, Nandurbar Nashik Jalgaon

5) Dean, Government Medical College and Hospital, College campus Building, Ghati, Panchakki road, Aurangabad (431001)

Tel - (0240) 2402412-17 Ext. 510 Fax- (0240) 2402418/2402419 Email- [email protected]

Aurangabad Jalna Beed Osmanabad

6) Dean, Dr. Shankarrao Chavan, Government Medical College, Vazirabad, Nanded- 431 601..

Tel- (02462) 234118/231573/234525 Fax- (02462) 234702/231573 Email- [email protected]

Parbhani, Hingoli Latur Nanded

7) Dean, Government Medical College, Medical Square, Hanuman Nagar, Nagpur- 440 003.

Tel: (0712) 2701642 / 2702404. Fax: 0712 - 2744489 Email: [email protected]

Nagpur Wardha Bhandara Gondia Chandrapur Gadchiroli

8) Dean, Government Medical College, General Hospital Campus, Collector Office Road, Dist- Akola - 444 001

Tel: (0724) 2431960, 2437078 Fax: (0724) 2437078 Email : [email protected]

Yavatmal Amravati Akola, Washim Buldhana

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ANNEXURE-B CONSTITUTIONAL RESERVATIONS

1) The candidates recognized by the State of Maharashtra as belonging to the following Backward Classes, shall alone be eligible to claim admissions as against the seats reserved for such backward class categories. These Backward Class categories are as follows:-

(i) Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Caste converts to Buddhism (SC) 13.0 percent(ii) Scheduled Tribes (ST) 7.0 Percent (iii) Vimukta Jati ( VJ/DT - v ) 3.0 percent (iv) Nomadic Tribes ( NT & c ) 2.5 percent (v) Nomadic Tribes ( NT & d ) 3.5 percent (vi) Nomadic Tribes ( NT & M ) 2.0 percent (vii) Other Backward Category (OBC) including SBC 19.0 percent

Total 50.0 percentNote:- (However the decision regarding ESBC (Maratha) & SBC-A (Muslim) will be

communicated in due course) 2) Candidates belonging to aforesaid Backward Class categories will be required to submit the Caste

Certificate and the Caste/Tribe Validity Certificate. 3) Caste certificate issuing authority: - Caste certificate stating that the caste is recognized under a

particular backward class category in Maharashtra state is issued by Sub-Divisional Magistrate / Executive Magistrate /Metropolitan Magistrate in Maharashtra state.

4) The Caste/Tribe validity Certificate Issuing Authorities are as follows:- a) For Candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Caste converts to Buddhism, Vimukta Jati

(v), Nomadic Tribes c, d & M and Other Backward Class, Caste Validity Certificate is issued by Divisional Caste Scrutiny Committee of respective Divisional Social Welfare Office (Mumbai, Pune, Nashik, Aurangabad, Amravati, Nagpur and Latur).

b) For Candidates belonging to Scheduled Tribe the Tribe Validity Certificate is issued by Commissioner/Jt. Commissioner, Tribe Scrutiny Committee of respective Region [Kokan (Thane), Pune, Nashik, Aurangabad, Amravati, Nagpur, Nandurbar and Gadchiroli].

5) The candidates who have claimed the Constitutional Reservation in the original Application Form must submit Caste Validity Certificate at the time of filling the Preference Form, failing which the category claim, will not be granted.

6) NON-CREAMY LAYER A candidate belonging to Creamy Layer amongst the categories (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii) must note

that the provision of reservation is NOT applicable to him/her. A candidate claiming benefit of reservation under the categories (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (vii) above will be required to produce Non-Creamy Layer Certificate in the name of candidate as specified in the Government resolution No. lhchlh 10$2008$iz-dz-697$ekod] fnukad 13$01$2009- The certificate in prescribed proforma (Annexure - H) stating that it is valid upto 31/3/2016 should be submitted at the time of filling up of Preference Form. The Non-Creamy Layer Certificate is issued by Sub-Divisional Officer/Deputy Collector/Collector of the district.

However, such a Non-Creamy Layer Certificate shall be produced in any case on or before the last date of filling up of Preference Form, failing which the category claim will not be granted.

Applicants belonging to Special Backward Category N.B.: As per Government Circular from Social Welfare, Cultural Affairs and Sports Department No. CBC-1095/WS/264/BCW-5 dated 24th October 1995, the persons belonging to Special Backward Category (SBC) are to be considered as OBC candidates.

Admission under constitutional reservation seat will be governed by the Maharashtra Schedule Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Denotified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Special Backward Category (Regulation of Issuance and Verification of) Caste Certificate Act, 2000 (Mah. Act No.XXIII of 2001). Candidates are instructed to note following provisions of the said act; Para 10: (Benefits secured on the basis of false Caste Certificate to be withdrawn)

(1) Whoever not being a person belonging to any of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes, (Vimukta Jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes or Special Backward Category secures admission in any educational institution against a seat reserved for such Castes, Tribes or Classes, or secures any appointment in the Government, local authority or in any other company of Corporation,

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owned or controlled by the Government or in any Government aided institution or Co-Operative Society against a post reserved for such Castes, Tribes or Classes by producing a false Caste Certificate shall, on cancellation of the Caste Certificate by the Scrutiny Committee, be liable to be debarred from the concerned educational institution, or as the case may be, discharged from the said employment forthwith and any other benefits enjoyed or derived by virtue of such admission or appointment by such person as aforesaid shall be withdrawn forthwith.

(2) Any amount paid to such person by the Government or any other agency by way of scholarship, grant, allowance or other financial benefit shall be recovered from such person as an arrears of land revenue.7

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any Act for the time being in force, any Degree, Diploma or any other educational qualification acquired by such person after securing admission in any educational institution on the basis of a Caste Certificate which is subsequently proved to be false shall also stand cancelled, on cancellation of such Caste Certificate, by the Scrutiny Committee.

(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, a person shall be disqualified for being a member of any statutory body if he has contested the election for local authority, Co-operative Society or any statutory body on the seat reserved for any of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes, (Vimukt jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes or Special Backward Category by procuring a false Caste Certificate as belonging to such Caste, Tribe or Class on such false Caste Certificate being cancelled by the Scrutiny Committee; and any benefits obtained by such person shall be recoverable as arrears of land revenue and the election of such person shall be deemed to have been terminated retrospectively.

Para 11: (Offences & Penalties) (1) Whoever,-

(a) Obtains a false Caste Certificate by furnishing false information or filing false statements or documents or any other fraudulent means ; or

(b) not being a person belonging to any of the Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes, (Vimukt jatis), Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes or Special Backward Category secures any benefits or appointment exclusively reserved for such Castes, Tribes or Classes in the Government, local authority or any other company or corporation owned or controlled by the Government or in any Government aided institution, or secures admission in any educational institution against a seat exclusively reserved for such Castes, Tribes or Classes or is elected to any of the elective offices of local authority or Co-operative Society against the office, reserved for such Castes, Tribes of Classes by producing a false Caste Certificate; shall, on conviction, be punished , with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extent up to two years or with fine which shall not be less than two thousand rupees, but which may extend up to twenty thousand rupees or both.

(2) No court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under this section except upon a complaint, in writing, made by the scrutiny Committee or by any other officer duly authorized by the Scrutiny Committee for this purpose. Para 12: (Offences under Act to be cognizable & non-bailable) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure; 1973 --

(a) offence punishable under section 11 shall be cognizable and non-bailable; (b) every offence punishable under this Act, shall be tried by any Magistrate of First Class in a summery

way and provisions of sections 262except sub-section(2) to 265 both inclusive of this Code shall as for as possible may be applied to such trial.

Para 13: (Penalty for issuing false Caste Certificate)

(1) Any person or authority performing the functions of Competent Authority under this act, who intentionally issues of false Caste Certificate shall earn conviction, be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend up to two years or with fine which shall not be less than two thousand rupees, but which may extend up to twenty thousand rupees or both.

(2) No court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under this section except with the previous sanction of the Government.

Para 14: (Penalty for abatement)

Whoever abets any offence punishable under this Act shall be punished with the punishment provided for in this Act for such offence.

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ANNEXURE - C CHILDREN OF DEFENCE PERSONNEL

A specified number of seats i.e. 5% of the intake capacity, subject to a maximum of 5 seats in each Government/ Municipal Corporation /Government Aided Medical, Dental/ Ayurved ,Unani Colleges and some allied Health Science courses are reserved for children of Defence Service Personnel and Ex-Defence personnel, including those permanently disabled or killed in action. The ratio of these seats between Ex-defence and In-service Defence personnel is as given below.

Distribution Total seats in Defence Quota

5 4 3 2 1

Defence 1 (Def 1) 3 2 2 1 1

Defence 2 (Def 2) 1 1 1 1 0

Defence 3 (Def 3) 1 1 0 0 0

1) DEFENCE CATEGORIES

(a) Def1 - For a son/daughter/spouse of an Ex-defence service personnel, domiciled in the state of Maharashtra.

(b) Def2 - For a son/daughter/spouse of Active defence service personnel domiciled in the state of Maharashtra.

(c) Def3 - For a son/daughter/spouse of Active defence service personnel, transferred to Maharashtra State from out-side Maharashtra, who is not domicile of the State of Maharashtra.

2) For selection against Def-1 & Def-2 seats following conditions will apply;

a) To be eligible for such a seat, a candidate must be a son/daughter/spouse of a person who has been a member of the Armed Forces of India and who has put in at least 5 years active service and has been subject to Indian Army Act, Indian Navy Act or Indian Air Force Act; and includes an ex-serviceman who has retired from such service or was permanently disabled/killed in action. A candidate claiming a seat under Defence category will be required to produce a certificate from an Appropriate Authority, who is authorized to issue such certificate/Zilla Sainik Board in the State of Maharashtra certifying the same.

b) However, the condition of minimum active service for five years will stand relaxed in case of Defence service person who has been permanently disabled or killed in action. The exception is admissible subject to production of a certificate from Zilla Sainik Board in the State of Maharashtra certifying permanent disability/death of such Defence Service person.

c) To be eligible for seat in Def-1 & Def-2 category candidate should produce following certificates, i) Certificate mentioning that his / her parent who is/was defence personnel ii) Domicile certificate of the parent stating that he/she is domicile in the State of Maharashtra. The domicile certificate should be obtained from District Magistrate/Metropolitan Magistrate/ Addl. District Magistrate or Tehsildar.

d) Candidates belonging Def-1 & Def-2 category shall be considered eligible for admission even if they have passed SSC and /or HSC examination from outside Maharashtra State.

3) For selection against Def.-3 category following conditions shall apply:-

(a) The concerned Defence Service person who is not domicile of the State of Maharashtra and who has been transferred in public interest to Maharashtra State, prior to the last date for filling up of Preference Form.

(b) The concerned Defence Service person ought to be working as on the last date of filling of Preference Form, at a place within the jurisdiction of the concerned regional area in Maharashtra in which the candidate is seeking a seat.

(c) The candidate ought to have appeared and passed the qualifying examination.

(d) The candidate is required to attach necessary and sufficient proof to fulfil above conditions and a certificate in proforma issued by appropriate authority who is authorized to issue such certificate.

Note: The specified reservation for children of defence personnel is not applicable to the civilian staff working in the Indian Army, Navy & Air Force.

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PROFORMA (For Def-1, Def-2 Candidates)

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that Shri. / Smt. .................................................................................................Rank............................, (Full Name of the Employee with Rank of the employee)

is / has been a member of Defence Forces of India as per Army Act 1950/Air Force Act 1950/Navy Act 1957. He / She

has put in .......................................... years of service in Indian Army / Indian Navy / Indian Air Force from

................................... to ................................ and is currently working / retired from services on .................................. /

permanently disabled since .......................................... / killed in action on ...........................................................

This certificate is issued for the purpose of his / her son / daughter / spouse

.............................................................................s' admission to First Year in Health Science Courses for the academic

year 2015-2016.

Date : Place :

(Signature) Name and Designation of the Authority

(who is authorized to issue such certificate) / District Sainik Welfare Officer

Seal of the Office Note: This proforma is not valid for civilian staff working in the Indian Army, Navy & Air Force. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

PROFORMA (For Def-3 Candidates)

(For son/daughter/spouse of Active defence service personnel not domiciled in Maharashtra State)

CERTIFICATE This is to certify that Shri. / Smt. ....................................................................................Rank.......................................... is a member of (Full Name of the Employee with Rank of the employee)

Defence Forces of India, and is currently working in Indian Army / Indian Navy / Indian Air Force as per Army Act 1950/Air

Force Act 1950/Navy Act 1957.

Shri / Smt. ................................................................................... is transferred to .................................................................................... (Place of posting)

in Maharashtra State vide transfer order No. ............................................................................... Date .....................................................

He / She has joined duty in Maharashtra on ........................................ . and is currently working in the same post. (Date of Joining) This certificate is issued for the purpose of his / her son / daughter/spouse ..............................................................................................

admission to First Year in Health Science Courses for the academic year 2015-2016.

Date : Place :

(Signature) Name and Designation of the Authority

(who is authorized to issue such certificate) Seal of the Office

Note: This proforma is not valid for civilian staff working in the Indian Army, Navy & Air Force.

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ANNEXURE - D PERSON WITH DISABILITY (PWD)

1) As per Graduate Medical Education Regulation 1997 and Amendment Notification No. MCI-

34(41)/2008-Med./ 54469 Dated 25th March 2009, and MCI guidelines letter No.MCI-34(1)/2003-Med/11773, dated 14/7/2003 following is the criteria for reservation under Physically Handicapped Category. 3% seats of the annual sanctioned intake capacity shall be filled up by candidates with locomotory disability of lower limbs between 50% to 70%. Provided that in case any seat in this 3% quota remains unfilled on account of unavailability of candidates with locomotory disability of lower limbs between 50% to 70% then any such unfilled seat in this 3% quota shall be filled up by persons with locomotory disability of lower limbs between 40% to 50% - before they are included in the annual sanctioned seats for State Quota candidates. Provided further that this entire exercise shall be completed by each medical college/institution as per the statutory time schedule for admissions and in no case any admission will be made in the Medical course after 30th of September

2) The Candidate with a disability more than 70% will not be eligible for admission to Health Sciences Courses. No other disability shall be allowed as per the MCI regulations. However, such a candidate will be required to undergo medical examination by a Special Medical Board constituted for this purpose by the Competent Authority. The Special Medical Board will ascertain and certify the disability and will also ascertain and certify that he/she is physically fit to undergo the course despite the disability.

3) Verification of the disability will be carried out by Special Medical Board constituted for this purpose by Competent Authority and decision of the Special Medical Board will be final. The date and place of Special Medical Board shall be communicated by the way of notification.

4) As per notification DMER/Notification No3PH/1A dated 25/03/2012 visually handicapped candidate are eligible for admission to Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPTh) Course ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

PROFORMA OF CERTIFICATE FOR PERSON WITH DISABILITY (PWD) CANDIDATE (On letter Head of institution)

Certificate No. ___________________ Dated___________________________ This is to certify that Dr./Mr./Ms.

________________________________________________Aged______________years Son/daughter of

Mr._______________________________________________________________________________________________________

R/o_____________________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________

SML No.________is suffering From___________________________(Name of the Disease) And has Permanent Physical Impairment (PPI) of Left/Right/Both Lower Limb. He/She is Locomotor disabled and has the percentage of _________(in words) ________(in figure) of (40%-70%) disability of lower limbs. He/she is eligible /NOT eligible for admission in Health Sciences courses as per the MCI guidelines, subject to his being otherwise medically fit. He/she is eligible /NOT eligible for admission in Physiotherapy course as per notification DMER/Notification No3PH/1A dated 25/03/2012 (visually handicap candidate,) subject to his being otherwise medically fit. Sign. & Name_________ Sign. & Name _________ Sign. & Name__________ (Specialist, Deptt. (Specialist, Deptt. (Specialist, Deptt.

Recent Passport

size photograph

of the candidate

duly attested by

the issuing authority

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ANNEXURE-E MAHARASHTRA-KARNATAKA DISPUTED BORDER AREA (MKB)

RESERVATION Eight seats in Government Medical Colleges, two seats in Government Dental Colleges and five seats in Government and Govt. aided Ayurvedic Colleges in Maharashtra are reserved for the candidates belonging to Maharashtra-Karnataka Disputed border area on the following conditions: a) The candidate must be a domicile of place situated in the areas as specified in the list given below, and

produce a domicile certificate from the District Collector accordingly. b) He should have passed SSC (or equivalent) and/or HSC (or equivalent) examination from an Institution

situated in the border area. The candidate must produce a certificate from the Principal/Head-Master of the College/School stating that candidate has passed SSC/HSC (or equivalent) examination from the Institution.

c) Mother tongue of the candidate must be Marathi. The candidate must produce a certificate from the Principal/Head-Master of the School from which he/she has passed the SSC (or equivalent) examination, stating that the candidates mother tongue is Marathi as per the original school record.

Districts, Talukas amd villages included under MKB are available at website of DMER. i.e. www.dmer.org

ANNEXURE - F HILLY AREA (HA) RESERVATION

As per G.R. No.MED-1003/CR 641/03/Edu-2, dated 16/3/2004, 3% seats at Govt. / Municipal Corporation Medical colleges are reserved for the candidates from Hilly areas.

In accordance with G.R. issued by the Govt. of Maharashtra MED Dept. G.R. No. MED-1002/3852/CR-617/02/Edu-2, dated 17/4/2003 and resolutions issued by Govt. of Maharashtra from time to time, the candidates claiming seat under HA claim should satisfy following criteria to be eligible:

i) Domicile Certificate of the parent stating that he/she is domicile in the village declared as a Hilly area specified in the Table for the respective Regions (Rest of Maharashtra/Vidarbha /Marathwada). The said certificate should be obtained from the concerned Revenue Department officer (Tehsildar and Above).

ii) To avail the benefit of HA claim, the candidate must appear at MH-CET-2015 examination. iii) The Competent Authority shall select the candidates claiming HA, on the basis of their Merit at MH-

CET-2015 examination. iv) The constitutional reservation is provided under these HA claim seats. v) The candidate should pass SSC/HSC (or equivalent) examination from School/Junior College situated

in the hilly area of his/her parents domicile or if not so, at the most, from a School/Junior College situated in the taluka of his/her parent's domicile.

vi) Only the areas mentioned in the latest information provided by the concerned department and uploaded by the competent authority on the website "www.dmer.org" will be considered for the HA claim. The students are specially informed that the corrections if any in the HA area name mentioned in the list should be done by the students from the concerned department for HA claim.

The Hilly areas belonging to all the three regions (Rest of Maharashtra, Vidarbha, Marathwada) in Maharashtra state are available at website of DMER i.e.www.dmer.org.

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ANNEXURE - G ADDITIONAL WEIGHTAGE CLAIM

Benefit of additional marks is restricted to 1% of maximum obtainable marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology at the MH-CET-2015

The certificate/s required for additional weightage claim must reach to the Competent Authority at Mumbai on or before the notified date, failing which the claim will not be granted.

1. SPORTS

A candidate claiming the benefit of representing his/her Institution and actually participating in an inter-Institutional tournament/competition organized at State/National level between the period of his/her passing of SSC (or equivalent) examination and HSC (or equivalent) examination, in any of the following games will be given additional marks (per sports/game as listed below) as specified, provided he/she is,

a) Member of the team that participated in the tournament and won the finals.

and /or

b) Winner of the Championship in games where there is individual participation.

For the claim of above weightage, a certificate from the organizers and from the Director of Sports, Pune or an Officer not below the rank of Under Secretary to Government of India who is authorized to issue such a certificate, should be submitted. compulsorily during preference form process. (See the format on next page)

Enumeration of games for the purpose of above weightage is as follows:

Participation as a member of team / individual, who won the final in the games/sports listed below (as per Govt. Letter No.MED-1003/2108/CR-300/03/Edu-2, dated 6th June, 2003):-

1) Athletics 2) Aquatic 3) Archery 4) Atyapatya 5) Badminton 6) Basketball 7) Billiards 8) Ball-Badminton 9) Bridge 10) Boxing 11) Body Building 12) Cricket 13) Cycling 14) Carrom 15) Chess 16) Football 17) Fencing 18) Gymnastics 19) Handball 20) Hockey 21) Judo 22) Karate 23) Sailing 24) Kho-Kho 25) Kenoying-Kayaking 26) Mallakhamb 27) Powerlifting 28) Rifle shooting 29) Ring Tennis 30) Soft Ball 31) Shooting Ball 32) Table Tennis 33) Tennis 34) Volley Ball 35) Wrestling 36) Weight lifting 37) Yatching 38) Roller Skating 39) Rowing 40) Hand Gliding 41) Cycle Polo 42) Squash 43) Taiquondo 44) Tennis Ball Cricket 45) Contract Bridge 46) Swimming 47) Teniquite 48) Water Polo 49) Water Diving 50) Kabaddi/Hu-Tu-Tu. 51) Baseball 52) Net Ball 53) Tug-of-war 54) Yoga 55) Cross Country 56) Kick Boxing 57) Throw Ball 58) Wushu

Separate certificate for each event is necessary. 2. HYDERABAD / GOA LIBERATION MOVEMENT PARTICIPANTS (HGL) CATEGORY: 1% Addition of marks

will be considered if the candidate is a son / daughter of a participant or the child of the deceased son / daughter of the participant in Hyderabad / GOA Liberation Movement. The candidate must submit certificate from the Commissioner of Police/District Magistrate /Jail Authority, stating therein that the parent had participated in Hyderabad/Goa Liberation Movement and was imprisoned for six months or more.

3. FREEDOM FIGHTER (FF) CATEGORY: 1% Addition of Marks will be considered if the candidate is a son/daughter of a Freedom Fighter or the child of deceased son/daughter of the freedom fighter.

The candidate must submit certificate from the District Magistrate of the District in which the Freedom Fighter was sentenced to jail or has suffered in any other manner as mentioned in paragraph 4, Appendix (A) accompanying Government Resolution, Education and Social Welfare Department, No MIS-1465/R dated 23rd November 1965. The Certificate must specify that the period of imprisonment was not less than one month; or fine of not less than Rs. 100/- or death in action; or award of Sanman-patra.

4. NATIONAL CADET CORPS (NCC) CATEGORY: 1% Addition of marks will be considered, if a candidate has been a member of the NCC during the period between his passing SSC (or equivalent) and HSC (or equivalent) examination; and is in possession of B Certificate subject to the candidate having either represented the State at All India Level or put in two years in NCC with at least 70% attendance

The Candidate must directly submit attested photocopies of the certificate(s) from concerned authority, in support of the claim, on or before the notified date, to the Competent Authority, failing which, the claim for additional weightage will not be granted.

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FORMAT OF

CERTIFICATE FOR PARTICIPATION IN STATE / NATIONAL LEVEL SPORTS / GAMES COMPETITION

Certified that Shri /Smt/Kum ............................................................................................................ (Name in full) was a student of .................................................................................................................................. (Name of the Jr.College/Higher Secondary School) *a) represented his/ her institution by actually participating in the team event as a member of the

................................ team, Which won in the finals against the team of ..............................................

(Name of team event) (Name of opponent team)

*b) participated as individual and was declared winner of the championship in .....................

........................................................................against Shri/Smt/Kum ................................................

(Name of game in which participated as individual) (Name of the opponent)

in an inter institutional competition organized at State/National level at ............................. between

............................... in the month of ............................... which was during the period after his/her passing the

SSC (or its equivalent examination) and before the qualifying examination i.e. HSC (or its equivalent)

examination.

Date :

Signature & Seal of Director of Sports Govt. of Maharashtra

* Strike out whichever is not applicable. Note: For additional weightage claim in sports category, candidate must submit certificate issued by the Director of Sports, Govt. of Maharashtra/Under Secretary to Govt. of India, Ministry of Sports,, in the above stated format. Any other certificate will not be considered for the claim of additional weightage claim in sports category.

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ANNEXURE - H PROFORMA FOR

NON-CREAMY LAYER CERTIFICATE

ifjf'k"V & d

Form of Certificate to be produced by Other Backward Classes, Vimukta Jati (A), Nomadic Tribes (B, C, D) and Special Backward Category and its synonyms belonging to the State of Maharashtra alongwith Non

Creamy Layer Status.

PART - A Documents Verified:

1)

2)

3)

4)

This is to certify that Shri/Shrimati/Kumari ...................................................... son/daughter of

......................................................................... of Village ......................... Taluka ............................, District

..................................... of the State of Maharashtra belongs to the ............................................

Caste/Community/Tribe which is recognised as a Other Backward Class/ Vimukta Jati(A)/Nomadic Tribe

(B,C, D)/ Special Backward Category under the Government Resolution No. ....................... dated

....................... as amended from time to time.

2. Shri/Shrimati/Kumari ..................................................... and/or his/her family ordinarily reside(s) in

village ......................, Taluka........................., District ............... of the State of Maharashtra.

3. This is to certify that he/she does not belong to the persons/sections (Creamy Layer) mentioned in

the Government of Maharashtra Gazette, Part-IV-B, dated 29th January 2004, Maharashtra State Public

Service (Reservation for S.C./S..T./D.T. (V.J.), N.T., S.B.C. & O.B.C. Act, 2001 and instruction and

guidelines laid down in the Government Resolution, Social Justice, Cultural Affairs and Sports & Special

Assistance Department No. CBC.1094/CR-86/BCW-V, dated 16th June 1994 and Government Resolution

No. CBC.10/2001/CR-111/BCW-V, dated 29th May 2003 as amended from time to time.

4. This Certificate is valid for the period upto 31/3/.............. from the date of issue. Sr. No. .............................................. Signature : ......................................

Place :. .............................................. Designation : ................................... (with seal of office) Dated : .................... P

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