(1) There shall be a State Common Entrance Test Cell.
(2) The State Common Entrance Test Cell shall be headed by an officer working under the control of the Admissions Regulating Authority, not below the rank of the Joint Secretary, nominated as the Commissioner of State CET.
(3) The Commissioner shall be assisted by officers of the rank of Joint Director of the State Government, in the fields of the Medical, Technical, Agriculture, Higher Education, etc.
(4) The Common Entrance Test for admissions to Unaided Institution shall be conducted by the Competent Authority:
Provided that, the State Government may allow such admissions through CET conducted by the authorities of the Central Government.
(5) The Cell shall have such powers and shall discharge such functions and conduct the examination in such manner as may be prescribed.
(6) The Cell shall take all decisions in respect of conduct of the Common Entrance Test in a fair manner maintaining the required confidentiality. It shall appoint examiners, evaluators, moderators and persons for assignment of software development required for the conduct of examination, evaluation and result processing, and also appoint persons as service providers required for the conduct of the online or offline examination and shall undertake printing of various documents, etc. It shall exercise financial powers for execution of all activities related to conduct of CETs.
(7) Admission to every seat excluding institutional quota shall be made on the basis of merit secured at the Common Entrance Test (CET) followed by Centralized Admission Process of the State, subject to the reservation policy of the State :
Provided that, nothing in this sub-section shall apply to the Centralized Admission Process, being conducted for the academic year 2015-2016.