Part IV-B Extra Ordinary, Extra Ordinary No. 406, Medical Education and Drugs Department, Notification No. MED/1026/C.R. 227/26/Edu-2, dated the 20th July 2026.

RNI No. MAHBIL /2009/37831

महाराष्ट्रट शासन राजपत्र

असाधाराण भाग चारा-ब

वर्ष १२, अंक ११०] सोमवारा, जुलै २०, २०२६/आर्षाढ २९, शाके १९४८ [पृष्ठे १०, किंकंमत : रुपये ९.००

असाधाराण क्रमांक ४०६

प्राकिंधाकृत प्राकाशान

महाराष्ट्र शासनाने महाराष्ट्र अकिंधाकिंनयेमांन्वये तयेारा केलैेलैे

(भाग एक, एक-अ आकिंण एक-लै येांमध्ये प्राकिंसद्ध केलैेलैे किंनयेम व आदेशा येांव्येकिंतरिराक्त) किंनयेम व आदेशा.

MEDICAL EDUCATION AND DRUGS DEPARTMENT

G. T. Hospital Campus, 9th Floor, Lokmanya Tilak Road, Mantralaya, Mumbai 400 001, dated the 20th July,2026.

NOTIFICATION

The MaharashTra Professional educaTional insTiTuTions (regulaTion of adMissions) and unaided PrivaTe Professional educaTional insTiTuTions (regulaTion of fees), acT 2015.

No. MED/1026/C.R.227/26/Edu-2.— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 23 of the Maharashtra Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admissions) and Unaided Private Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Fees), Act 2015, and in supersession of all earlier notifications, orders, or instruments issued in this behalf, the Government of Maharashtra, hereby makes the following rules regulating the admissions to the First year of the Full Time Professional Medical and Dental Undergraduate Courses, in the Unaided Private Professional Educational Institutions in the State of Maharashtra, namely :-

1. Short title and commencement.— (1) These rules may be called the Maharashtra Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission to the Full Time Professional Undergraduate Medical and Dental Courses) Rules, 2026.

(2) They shall come into force with effect from the date of publication in the Maharashtra Government Gazette.

2. Definitions.—(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(a) "Act" means the Maharashtra Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admissions) and Unaided Private Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Fees) Act, 2015 (Mah. XXVIII of 2015) ;

(b) "Admission Reporting Institution" means an institution where the Candidate shall report for confirmation for admission by submission of documents and payment of fees ;

(c) "Application Form" means the prescribed admission form to be filled up online only by the candidate for admission to the Courses as defined in clause (e) ;

(१)

भाग चार-ब-४०६–१२ महाराष्ट्रट शासन राजपत्र असाधाराण भाग चारा-ब, जुलै २०, २०२६/आर्षाढ २९, शाके १९४८ (d) "CAP Seats" means the seats filled in through the centralized process of admission carried out by the Competent Authority ;

(e) "Courses" means the Undergraduate Medical Courses or Undergraduate Dental Courses, as the case may be, conducted in the State as per the approval of the NMC and NDC and affiliated to MUHS ;

(f) "Eligible Candidates" means the candidates who are eligible for different professional courses as notified by the Government, from time to time, under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Act ;

(g) "HSC" means the Higher Secondary School Certificate (12th Standard) examination conducted by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education as per the provisions of the Maharashtra Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Boards Act, 1965 (Mah. XLI of 1965) or its equivalent certificate awarded by a recognised Board ;

(h) "Institutional Quota" means the seats available for admission in accordance with the percentage specified in the Schedule, which are to be filled on all India rank basis by the Competent Authority from amongst the eligible candidates including Outside Maharashtra Candidates, Non- Resident Indians and Overseas Citizens of India;

(i) "inter-se-merit" means the order of merit in respect of various classes or category of Candidates ;

(j) "Minority Quota" means seats earmarked for the Minority Community students from within the State of Maharashtra, belonging to the Minority Community to which the institution belongs ;

(k) "MUHS" means the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences established under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences Act, 1998 (Mah. X of 1999) ;

(l) " NDC " means the National Dental Commission constituted under the National Dental Commission Act, 2023 ( No. 20 of 2023);

(m) " NMC" means the National Medical Commission constituted under the National Medical Commission Act, 2019 (30 of 2019) ;

(n) "National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test" or "NEET" means the examination conducted by National Testing Agency, New Delhi for admission to Under Graduate Medical and Dental Courses for the concerned academic year ;

(o) "Non-Resident Indian (NRI)" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it under the Income Tax Act, 2025 and has been issued a Non-Resident Indian certificate accordingly by an Indian Mission or Post abroad and includes his child or ward as defined in the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 ;

(p) "Qualifying Examination" means Higher Secondary Certificate (12th Standard) or equivalent examination , from an institution situated in the State of Maharashtra with English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology / Biotechnology at the time of admission ;

(q) "Reservation" means As per Maharashtra Private Professional Educational Institutions (Reservation of seats for admission for SC, ST, Denotified Tribes -Vimukta Jatis, NT and OBC) Act, 2006 (Mah. XXX of 2006) and The Maharashtra State Reservation for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Act, 2024 ;

(r) "SSC" means the Secondary School Certificate (10th Standard) examination conducted by Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education as per the provisions of the Maharashtra Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Boards Act, 1965 (Mah. XLI of 1965) or its equivalent certificate awarded by a recognised Board.

(2) Words and expressions used but not defined in these rules, shall have the same meanings respectively assigned to them in the respective act.

3. Invitation of Application Form.— The Competent Authority shall invite online Application Form in the form prescribed by it, from the candidates for participating in Centralized Admission Process (CAP) for seeking admission to the Courses for which the 'NEET' is required for the respective academic year.

4. Declaration of Medium, Pattern, Syllabus, Schedule, etc.— Medium, Pattern, Syllabus, Schedule shall be as per the Information Bulletin of the NEET, CAP rounds for respective academic year shall be declared by the Competent Authority.

5. Candidature Type.—

(1) Maharashtra State Candidature.—

Type Eligibility Criteria

(A) (i) The candidate must be an Indian National

(ii) Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Candidate will be eligible provided such candidate have obtained the OCI status on or before 04/03/2021 and also have passed 10th and 12th Standard from the State of Maharashtra and should be domicile in Maharashtra or staying in State of Maharashtra for minimum period of 10 years.

(iii) The candidate should be Domicile of the State of Maharashtra.

(iv) The candidate must have completed 17 years of age on or before 31st December of the year of admission for the course. The Birth certificate indicating name of the candidate, Secondary School Certificate examination i.e. SSC or equivalent examination certificate or School Leaving Certificate endorsing the date of birth shall constitute a valid proof of age. (The eligibility of age shall be as prescribed by NMC and NDC from time to time).

(v) The candidate must be medically fit and should possess a Medical Certificate issued by registered Medical Practitioner.

(vi) The candidate must have passed the SSC or equivalent examination and HSC or equivalent examination from an Institution situated in the State of Maharashtra which is affiliated to recognized Board.

(vii) The candidate must have passed the qualifying examination.

(B) Exception for clause (A) (iii) and (vi) for SSC and HSC or equivalent examinations for children of employees of the Government of Maharashtra or its Undertakings :—

(i) The Children of such employees of the 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 SSC or HSC or equivalent examination from the recognized Institutions situated outside the State of Maharashtra:

Provided that, such employee of the Government of Maharashtra or its Undertaking must have been posted or transferred or 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 registration;

(ii) The candidates belonging to the aforesaid category at (i) above shall be required to produce the requisite certificate from the office at which such employee of Government of Maharashtra or its Undertakings has reported for duty, as a proof that such employee has joined the office or reported for duty before the cut-off date for eligibility, i.e. the last date of registration. The certificate shall contain full name of the employee, designation, transfer or posting order number and date, date of joining and present status of posting. A copy of transfer or posting order should also be produced at the time of registration.

भाग चार-ब-४०६–२४ महाराष्ट्रट शासन राजपत्र असाधाराण भाग चारा-ब, जुलै २०, २०२६/आर्षाढ २९, शाके १९४८ Type Eligibility Criteria

(iii) The children of such employees of Government of Maharashtra or its Undertakings 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 or deputation shall be eligible for admission even though such children might have passed the SSC or HSC or equivalent examinations from the recognized Institutions situated outside the State of Maharashtra.

(iv) The candidates belonging to the aforesaid category at (iii) above shall be required to produce the requisite certificate from the office at which such employee of Government of Maharashtra or its Undertakings has reported for duty, as a proof that such employee has joined the office or reported for duty before the cut- off date for eligibility, i.e. the last date of registration. The certificate shall contain full name of the employee, designation, transfer or posting order number and date, date of joining and present status of posting. A copy of transfer or posting order should also be produced at the time of registration.

(C) Exception for clause (A) (iii) and (vi) for SSC and HSC or equivalent examinations for children of employees of the Government of India or its undertaking,—

(i) The children of the employees of Government of India or its Undertakings shall be eligible for admission even though they might have passed the SSC or HSC or equivalent examination from the recognized Institutions situated outside the State of Maharashtra :

Provided that, such an employee of Government of India or its Undertakings must have been transferred from out of Maharashtra State 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 registration.

(ii) The candidates belonging to the aforesaid category at (i) above shall be required to produce the requisite certificate from the office at which such an employee of Government of India or its Undertakings has reported for duty, as a proof of the fact that such employee has joined the office or reported for duty before the cut- off date for eligibility, i.e. the last date of registration. The certificate shall 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 registration.

(iii) The children of the officers of the All India Services, officers of the Central Government Services and Defence Personnel (including all types of defence services) having domicile certificate of the State of Maharashtra and posted outside the Maharashtra, shall be eligible for admission even though they might have passed the SSC or HSC or equivalent examination from the recognized Institutions situated outside the State of Maharashtra.

(iv) The candidates belonging to the aforesaid category at (iii) above shall be required to produce the requisite certificate from the office at which such officer of All India Services, Central Government Services and Defence Personnel has reported for duty, as a proof of the fact that he has joined the office or reported for duty before the cut-off date for eligibility, i.e. the last date of registration. The certificate shall contain full name of the employee, designation and posting order number and date, date of joining and present status of posting."

(2) Minority Candidature.— The Maharashtra domiciled candidate belonging to a particular linguistic or religious minority community from within the State fulfilling eligibility criteria as per sub-rule (1) of rule 5 shall be eligible under this category.

(3) NRI Candidature.—The candidate who fulfills the conditions as specified in clause (o) of sub-rule (1) of rule 2 shall be eligible under this category.

(4) OCI Candidature.—The candidate who fulfills the conditions as specified in the act shall be eligible under this category.

(5) Outside Maharashtra Candidature (OMS).—The candidate who is not Domicile of Maharashtra or who has passed SSC examination or HSC examination or any other equivalent examination from outside Maharashtra State, except those who are exempted as per clause 5(1) (B) and 5(1)(C) above.

6. Eligibility .—(a) Eligibility for Admission to undergraduate Medical and Dental Courses :—

(i) The eligibility for admission to the first year of MBBS and BDS course shall be such as notified by the Government under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Act.

(ii) A candidate belonging to open category must secure not less than fifty percentile in NEET. A candidate belonging to constitutional reservation must secure not less than forty percentile in NEET.

(b) Cut-off date for eligibility.— The eligibility of the candidate shall be determined or decided for all purposes including for applicability of all these rules and regulations by considering the last date of registration, as the cut-off date. It is made abundantly clear that if a candidate is found ineligible as on the last date of registration, in terms of these Rules and Regulations, and if such ineligible candidate acquires the requisite eligibility after the aforesaid cut-off date, i.e. after the last date of registration, such subsequent acquisition of eligibility will not make an ineligible candidate eligible for any purpose whatsoever, much less for the purpose of admission.

7. Sanctioned Intake Seats for various Courses.—The Sanctioned Intake for First Year of undergraduate Medical and Dental Course shall be as per the approval given by the Authority which is competent for giving approval to respective courses and affiliation given by the MUHS.

8. Allocation of seats.—The percentage of allocation of seats for various types of candidates through NEET for First Year of the Courses shall be as per the NMC and NDC regulations, and in accordance with the policy of the Government as specified in the Schedule,—

(1) Maharashtra State Candidature Seats.—The candidates having Maharashtra State Candidature as specified in sub-rule (1) of rule 5, shall be eligible for these seats.

(2) Minority Candidature Seats.—The candidates having candidature mentioned in sub-rule (2) of rule 5 shall be eligible for these seats as specified in the Schedule. These seats shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 6 of the Act. (3) Institutional Quota Seats.—The candidates having candidature mention in sub-rule (1) to sub-rule (5) of rule 5 shall be eligible for these seats as per percentage mentioned in schedule :

Provided that, admissions to the OMS, NRI and OCI Categories shall be subject to the approval of Admission Regulatory Authority.

9. Distribution of Seats.—The Distribution of seats shall be allotted by the Competent Authority, as follows :-

(i) All the seats at the disposal of Competent Authority shall be made available for all the candidates from the State and these seats shall be filled in on the basis of NEET merit list. There shall be constitutional and other reservations in these seats as per the prevailing rules in this behalf ;

(ii) Selection to Medical and Dental courses at the Private Unaided institutions through CAP shall be subject to permission or approval or affiliation from (1) Government of India; (2) NMC or NDC; (3) Government of Maharashtra; and (4) MUHS. The "intake capacity" at a particular college shall be the number of seats permitted by the above said authorities ;

(iii) As per Maharashtra Private Professional Educational Institutions (Reservation of seats for admission for SC, ST, Denotified Tribes -Vimukta Jatis, NT and OBC) Act, 2006 (Mah. XXX of 2006), Twenty-five percent seats of the total intake capacity of Unaided Private Professional Educational Institutions shall be allotted to the Constitutional reservation category candidates.

भाग चार-ब-४०६–२अ६ महाराष्ट्रट शासन राजपत्र असाधाराण भाग चारा-ब, जुलै २०, २०२६/आर्षाढ २९, शाके १९४८ (iv) There shall be Thirty percent female reservation from the seats available at - the disposal of Competent Authority.

10. Preparation of Merit List.—

The Merit List for selection to the Medical and Dental courses shall be prepared on the basis of marks obtained by the candidate at the NEET in the descending order of Merit of NEET.

11. Centralised Admission Process (CAP).— (i) The Unaided Private Professional Educational Institution shall admit candidates through the online Centralised Admission Process (CAP) as referred in sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Act. The stages of CAP shall be as mentioned below, namely :—

(a) display or publication of Information Brochure of Preference Form filling and counselling process for admission to Courses on website ;

(b) display or publication of Time Schedule for the admission process on website;

(c) display or publication of college wise, subject wise and category wise distribution of seats on website ;

(d) display or publication of allotment of seats for Round-1 of CAP by way of computerised process and joining of the candidates at respective institution as per the allotment within stipulated time ;

(e) display or publication of subsequent computerised round(s), if seats remain vacant on completion of each subsequent CAP Round;

(ii) Candidate shall be given a chance to retain a seat that has been allotted, by way of status retention form at the end of each CAP round. If a Candidate accepts the offered seat and he does not want to participate in any further rounds of seat allocation, such candidate shall not be considered in subsequent rounds of admission.

12. CAP allotment stages and process of allotment.—Allotment of seats under CAP shall be made in the following manner :–

(1) Maharashtra State Candidature.— The stages of computerised allotments are as follows :—

Stage I : For all the Candidates :-

(a) All the Candidates belonging to various categories shall be considered for allotment of seats as per their inter-se-merit.

(b) The Minority category candidates shall be considered for allotment in Open Category seats by virtue of their inter-se merit and in Minority Quota seats by virtue of merit in their respective minority community to which the institution belongs.

(c) Backward Class Category Candidates shall be considered for allotment in Open Category seat by virtue of their inter-se-merit or in their respective Category of reservation, if Open Category seats are not available at their merit.

(d) SBC Category Candidates shall be considered for allotment in Open Category seat by virtue of their inter-se-merit or in OBC Category seats, if Open Category seats are not available at their merit.

(e) SEBC Category Candidates shall be considered for allotment in Open Category seat by virtue of their inter-se-merit or in SEBC Category seats, if Open Category seats are not available at their merit.

Stage II : For respective groups of Backward Class Category Candidates:-

The inter-se-merit amongst the reserved categories shall be operated during the allotment process of CAP round 3 and subsequent rounds, if necessary against the unfilled reserved category seats as per merit and choice of the reserved category candidates. The seats remaining vacant from various categories shall be filled in during inter-se-merit admission process as follows :—

(a) The remaining vacant seats shall be filled from among the candidates of their respective group where the vacancies exist, by inter-se-merit. The groups are as follows :—

Group I—

(i) Scheduled Castes and Schedule Caste converted to Buddhism (S.C.)

(ii) Scheduled Tribes (S.T.)

Group II—

(i) Vimukta Jati (DT) (A)

(ii) Nomadic Tribes [NT (B)]

Group III—

(i) Nomadic Tribes [NT (C)]

(ii) Nomadic Tribes [NT (D)]

(iii) Other Backward Classes (OBC) including SBC.

(b) The candidate should have claimed the reservation in the original application form. The candidates belonging to SC, ST, VJ/DT(A), NT-B, NT-C, NT-D, SBC, OBC & SEBC categories shall be required to submit the Caste Certificate and the Caste Validity Certificate at the time of registration, failing which the category claimed, shall not be granted and the candidate will be treated as general candidate.

(c) Non-Creamy Layer Certificate.— A candidate belonging to VJ/DT(A), NT-B, NT-C, NT-D, OBC (including SBC) and SEBC shall be required to produce non-creamy layer certificate valid upto 31st March of the following year of the NEET examination, at the time of registration, failing which the category claim shall not be granted. It is mandatory to produce Non-Creamy Layer Certificate at the time of registration.

(d) Thirty percent seats at the disposal of the Competent Authority other than institutional quota shall be reserved for female candidates in all the courses.. If requisite number of female candidates are not available then these seats shall be offered to male candidates of respective category.

Stage III : For all Backward Class Category Candidates.—(Except SEBC)

If the seat reserved for group of Backward Class Category Candidate remains vacant, such seat shall be considered for allotment to the Candidate of inter-se-merit of all Backward Class Category candidates taken together.

Stage IV : If the seat reserved for All Backward Class Category Candidates taken together still remains vacant, then such seat shall be considered for allotment to the Candidate of general inter- se-merit.

Stage V : For SEBC category candidates

If the seat reserved for SEBC remain vacant, such seats shall be considered for allotment to the Candidate of general inter-se-merit.

(2) Minority Candidature.— The stages of computerised allotments are as follows :– (a) The Minority Category candidate shall be considered for allotment in Open category seats by virtue of their inter-se-merit and in Minority Quota seats by virtue of merit in their respective minority community to which the institution belongs.

(b) For minority seats, general inter-se-merit shall be operated during the allotment process of CAP Round 3 and sebsequent rounds, if necessary, against the unfilled minority category seats as per merit.

(c) Amongst the total seats at Unaided Private Professional Educational Institution, which are declared as "Minority Institutions" by the State Government, the seats distribution shall be as mentioned in Schedule.

13. Selection process through CAP round.— The Unaided Private Professional Education Institution shall admit candidates through the centralised online admission process as below :—

(a) There shall be one or more rounds of selection of candidates depending on the availability of vacant seats. The selection shall be on the basis of merit and the preferences submitted by the candidates in their preference form. Fresh or separate preference form shall be filled by the candidate for each online CAP round 1, 2, 3 and online Stray Vacancy round. The choices of courses and colleges, once entered in the record or data, after verification by the candidate, shall be final and irrevocable for that particular round only.

(b) NEET merit list shall be operated from state merit list. The candidate getting selected in previous round shall be considered for betterment in the subsequent round for Online Cap Round 2 and Online Cap Round 3 only. Betterment in online CAP round 3 shall be given only to those candidates who have joined the allotted seat in CAP round 1 or CAP round 2. The betterment herein means the higher preference exercised by the candidate. The shift in such betterment shall be compulsory and mandatory except for those who have filled 'Status Retention Form'. Such a candidate who has filled Status Retention form will not be considered for any subsequent rounds of selection process for the same academic year. The last date for filling Status Retention Form will be notified along with the selection list of each CAP round.

(c) After concluding the CAP round 3, for the subsequent stray vacancy rounds, candidates who have been allotted seats in CAP round 3 or having joined status up to CAP round 3 are not eligible for stray vacancy round.

(d) A candidate who is selected but does not join the college or cancels the admission after joining shall have FREE Exit only in CAP Round 1. Joining will be compulsory from CAP Round 2 onwards. A candidate who is selected and does not join or cancels the admission before last date of resigning after joining in CAP Round 2 will be out of the process. If such a candidate wishes to participate in further process, he will have to do fresh registration for CAP Round 3. A candidate who is selected and does not join or cancels the admission before last date of resigning after joining in CAP Round 3 will be out of further process.

(e) It is hereby made abundantly clear that shifting on account of a better choice given by a candidate in any round, shall be effected only and only if such a candidate in the subsequent rounds is found entitled for 'change of course' or a 'change of college'. Mere possibility of a 'change in category' on account of availability of seat in the same college or same course in the further rounds shall not amount to "betterment" as such and therefore, no shifting shall be effected in such an eventuality. Such a 'change in category' shall include inter-alia change from reserved category to open category or vice-versa. The shift in such betterment shall be compulsory and mandatory, except those who have filled Status Retention Form.

(f) Based on preferences given, the seat shall be allotted on merit and the allotment shall be displayed on website.

(g) Candidates as per allotment should report alongwith all original certificates and a set of attested photocopies of all requisite documents at allotted college within the prescribed time. The Dean or Principal shall verify all the original documents before finalizing the admission.

(h) Earmarking for reserved category candidates - Reserved category candidate entitled to admission on the basis of merit in an open category seat shall have the option of taking admission either against his respective category seat or on an open category seat. If he opts for the reserved category he shall be deemed to have been admitted as an open category candidate and not as reserved category candidate. In such case the particular seat in the college where he was eligible for admission against open seat shall be earmarked for a candidate belonging to the respective reserved category. Such earmarked seat shall be made available immediately to the successive reserved category candidate from the same category merit during the counselling.

(i) Seats that have arisen or fallen vacant after each round shall be made available at the subsequent round of selection on the basis of choices filled in the preference form. The vacancy position shall be made available on website before commencement of each round.

(j) The inter-se round shall be conducted for remaining vacant seats from the category as per sub-rule (1) of rule 12, if necessary during the allotment process of CAP Round 3 and subsequent rounds .

(k) The cut-off date for the course shall be as prescribed by the NMC or NDC from time to time.

14. Disqualification for Admission.— The selected candidates who do not report or do not join their allotted seat in the last round of the admission process thereby resulting in lapse of seat, shall not be eligible for admission for subsequent two years.

15. Payment of Fees.— The fee for the course shall be paid at the respective college by Demand Draft from any Nationalised or Scheduled Commercial Bank or other instruments as prescribed by Competent Authority from time to time, in favour of Dean or Principal of College, as applicable.

(a) Refund of Fees by the College After Change of College or Course or Cancellation of Admission: The candidate who has been admitted and desires to cancel the admissions shall submit application to the respective college or institute to cancel admission. The refund of fees to such candidate admitted in the college shall be made after deduction as under:

(i) Before cut-off date as declared by NMC or NDC - Rs. 1500 (Rs. One thousand five hundred only) to be deducted and rest of the fees to be refunded;

(ii) On or after cut-off date as declared by NMC or NDC -No refund of fees;

(iii) The Dean or Principal of the college shall be responsible for making refund of the fees, after receiving cancellation letter from the candidate. If the candidate expires within ninety days from the date of admission, no deduction shall be made.

16. All the admissions to the medical and dental under graduate courses will be done by Competent Authority only through online CAP rounds including online stray vacancy rounds or subsequent stray vacancy rounds.

17. Cancellation.— The selected candidate must join the college at which he or she is selected, by sumbitting all requisite original document and paying fees as prescribed by FRA in the form of DD or other instruments as prescribed by Competent Authority from time to time, failing which his admission shall stand cancelled. The selected candidate who has joined the college and desire to cancel the admission should cancel it, at the respective college. The college shall accept the cancellation letter and inform the Competent Authority alongwith copy of the cancellation letter immediately.

18. Approval of Merit List and Admitted Candidates List.— (1) After completion of Admission process, every Unaided Private Professional Educational Institution shall submit the Admission- approval proposal to the Directorate of Medical Education and Research, and the Admission Regulating Authority in accordance with the sub-section (5) of section 9 of the Act.

(2) The admission-approval proposal shall include the list of all candidates admitted under reservation, marks at qualifying examinations etc, as well as the required documents.

19. Conduct and Discipline.— (a) Failure of the candidate in making full and correct statements in the application form or suppression of any information would lead to disqualification of the candidate, even at later date. Such a candidate shall be debarred from the entire selection process.

(b) It is responsibility of every candidate to submit proper documents. Any attempt to submit documents which are not genuine will lead to cancellation of the admission of the candidate, forfeiture of the fees, deposits and expulsion of the candidate from the college by the Competent Authority or by his authorised official. The name of such candidate/s shall be deleted from the State Merit List and he or she shall not be eligible for further rounds of the selection process and shall be debarred from the selection process.

(c) The student while studying in the medical or dental Courses, if found indulging in antinational activities, unlawful activities or ragging in any form, contrary to the provisions of Acts and Law enforced by the Government, shall be liable to be expelled from the college by the Dean or Principal of the College.

(d) Pursuant to orders in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 656 of 1999, the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, has directed the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India, to take all necessary steps to curb the menace of ragging and take severe action against the students involved in such activities.

(e) As per the provisions of the "Maharashtra Prohibition of Ragging Act, 1999", (Mah. XXXIII of 1999) students indulging in ragging shall be liable to be punished under the Act.

(f) In case of dispute arising relating to the issues dealt herein above shall be dealt with, by the competent Authority.

(g) Schedule

By order and in the name of the Governor of Maharashtra,

SWAPNA DESHPANDE, Deputy Secretary to Government. ON BEHALF OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATION, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY DIRECTOR, SMT. MANISHA KUMBHAR, PRINTED AT GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS, 21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD, MUMBAI 400 004 AND PUBLISHED AT DIRECTORATE OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATIONS, 21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD, MUMBAI 400 004. EDITOR : DIRECTOR, SMT. MANISHA KUMBHAR.