1. Eligibility of Maharashtra State Candidate and OMS candidate for appearing for MHT-CET-2007 :

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

Note :

• *Candidates who have appeared for qualifying examination i.e. HSC (Std. XII) or its equivalent examination during the academic year 2006-07 and whose results are not declared till the last date of submission of application form are eligible to appear for MHT-CET-2007, however for admission to first year of degree courses in Engineering/Technology, such candidates must fulfill the criteria as mentioned in rule no. 2 to as applicable.

• Maharashtra State candidates (defined as Rule No. I-a ) and OMS candidates (defined as per Rule No. I-b) are eligible to appear for the MHT-CET- 2007 conducted by the Competent Authority of Government of Maharashtra for the academic year 2007–2008.

• Even though outside Maharashtra State candidates are eligible to appear for MHT-CET-2007, it is specifically made clear that such OMS candidates will not able to participate in the Centralized Admission Process . These OMS candidates will be able to apply for the admissions against the Institute level seats as well as the vacancy round of the admission after completion of Centralized Admission Process, Only in Unaided Private Engineering Colleges/Institutes.

• The facility of constitutional Reservation (Annexure-II) is not available for the OMS candidates . Therefore OMS Candidates will be treated as OPEN/GENERAL category candidate in the entire admission process.

2. Eligibility criteria for Maharashtra State Candidate and OMS candidate for admission to first year of degree courses in Engineering/Technology :

Candidate should be an Indian National and should have passed the HSC (Std.XII) examination of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent examination with subjects English, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics AND secured minimum 50% marks i.e. 150 marks out of 300 marks (minimum 45% marks i.e. 135 marks out of 300 marks in case of candidates of Backward class categories belonging to Maharashtra State) in the subjects Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics added together AND Obtained non zero score in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics at MHT-CET 2007.

3. Eligibility Criteria for All India (AIEEE qualified) candidates: (for both the Maharashtra Candidates i.e. Type A, B, C, D, E and F (refer Rule No. 3.1 ) and for the OMS candidates (Refer Rule No. 3.2)

Candidate should be an Indian National and should have passed the HSC (Std.XII) examination of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent examination with subjects English, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics AND secured minimum 50% marks i.e. 150 marks out of 300 marks (minimum 45% marks i.e. 135 marks out of 300 marks in case of candidates of Backward class categories belonging to Maharashtra state) in the subjects Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics added together AND Candidate should have a valid AIEEE Score (i.e. total score should be positive) for the year 2007–2008.

4. Eligibility Criteria for Foreign National / Foreign student / PIO/Children of Indian workers in the Gulf countries/ Children of NRI

Candidate should have passed the HSC (Std.XII) examination of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent examination with subjects English, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and secured minimum 50% marks i.e. 150 marks out of 300 marks in the subjects Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics added together.

• The NRI candidates are eligible to apply for admission against the Institute level seats , only in Unaided Private Engineering Colleges/Institutes. The Extent to which such NRI candidates shall be admitted is limited to 15% of the sanctioned intake.
• The eligibility of the candidates passing the HSC (Std. XII) equivalent examination from a school/college/Examination Board situate outside India shall be further decided by the University Authorities to which the candidate is admitted. Hence such candidates are advised to get their eligibility verified by the respective University Authorities before seeking admission to the Engineering courses in the State of Maharashtra.
• The candidate belonging to this type stated in this rule is not required to appear for the MHT-CET 2007/AIEEE 2007.

5. Eligibility criteria for GOI (Government of India) nominees:

Candidate should be an Indian National and should have passed the HSC (Std.XII) examination of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent examination with subjects English, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and secured minimum 50% marks i.e. 150 marks out of 300 marks (minimum 45% marks i.e. 135 marks out of 300 marks in case of candidates of Backward class categories) in the subjects Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics added together.

• The candidate belonging to this type is not required to appear for the MHT-CET2007/ AIEEE 2007.

6. Eligibility criteria for J&K migrant candidates :

Candidate should be an Indian National and should have passed the HSC (Std.XII) examination of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent examination with subjects English, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and secured minimum 50% marks i.e. 150 marks out of 300 marks in the subjects Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics added together.

• The candidate belonging to this type not required to appear for the MHT-CET 2007/ AIEEE 2007.

7. Eligibility criteria for MKB candidates:

In addition to the basic eligibility criterion mentioned in rule no.2, candidates who have appeared and obtained a non zero score in the MHT-CET 2007 and belonging to the Maharashtra Karnataka Disputed Border Area are required to fulfill following additional eligibility criterions.

• Candidates have to be from such villages/towns, from the Maharashtra Karnataka disputed border areas, on which Maharashtra puts its claim (Refer Annexure I).
• The candidate should produce the certificate that his/her father/mother/candidate himself/herself is a domicile of Karnataka in the disputed border area as specified in the Proforma G OR The candidate should produce the domicile certificate of his/her father/mother/candidate himself/herself stating that he/she is a resident of a village mentioned in Annexure –I.
• The candidate should have passed SSC (or equivalent) and/or HSC (or equivalent) from an Institution situated in the disputed border area. The candidate must produce a certificate from the Principal/Head Master of the College/School stating that the candidate has passed SSC/HSC (or equivalent) Examination from that Institution.
• 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 candidate’s Mother tongue is Marathi as per the original School record.
• Candidate should have passed SSC or HSC (or equivalent) Examination with Marathi as one of the subject.

8. Eligibility criteria for Candidates who are sons/daughters of defence service personnel :

In addition to the basic eligibility criterion mentioned in rule no.2, candidates who have appeared and obtained a non zero score in the MHT-CET 2007 and satisfying any one of the following criterions are eligible to seek admission against seats for sons/daughters of defence service personnel.

• Candidate is a son/daughter of ex-service personnel who is domiciled in Maharashtra State (Def 1).
• Candidate is a son/daughter of active service personnel who is domiciled in Maharashtra State (Def 2).
• Candidate is a son/daughter of active service personnel (Def 3)

1. Who is transferred to Maharashtra State but is not domiciled in Maharashtra State
2. Who is not domiciled in Maharashtra State but his/her family is stationed in Maharashtra State under the provision of retention of family accommodation at the last duty station on the grounds of children’s education, provide further that ,Such a candidate should have appeared and passed the HSC (Std. XII) examination of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent examination from a school / college situate in state of Maharashtra.

9. Eligibility criteria for Candidates who are Physically Handicapped :

In addition to the basic qualification mentioned in rule no. 2, candidate who has appeared and obtained a non zero score in the MHT-CET 2007 (rule no. 4) and suffering from any one of the following disability is eligible to seek admission against seats for Physically Handicapped candidates [only Maharashtra state candidates (Type A,B,C,D,E and F) are eligible to apply for admission against these seats]
• Candidate who is visually impaired (blind) candidate (type P1)
• Candidate who is speech & hearing impaired (deaf & dumb) candidate (type P2)
• Candidate who is with orthopedic disorders, learning disabilities, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphica, Spastic (type P3).