(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, —
(a) “Act” means the Maharashtra Unaided Private Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admissions and Fees) Act, 2015 (Mah. Act XXVIII of 2015) ;
(b) “ Admission Reporting Centre ” means a Centre where the Candidate shall report for confirmation of admission by verification of documents and payment of fees ;
(c) “ All India Seats ” means seats available to an eligible Indian National Candidate ;
(d) “Application Form ” means prescribed form filled up online by the Candidate for admission ;
(e) “ Autonomous Institution ” means the institution to which autonomy is granted by the University Grants Commission ;
(f) “ CAP Seats ” means the seats filled in through the centralized process of admission carried out by the Competent Authority ;
(g) “ Courses ” means the full time undergraduate and post graduate Visual Art courses in Fine Art Drawing and painting, Textile Design, Interior Decorator, Sculpture, Metal Works, Ceramics and Applied Art;
(h) “Department ” means the Higher and Technical Education Department of Government of Maharashtra ;
(i) “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 ;
(j) “Facilitation Centre” means a Centre where the facilities like sale of application kits, filling online forms, verification of documents and grievances, etc., are provided ;
(k) “HSC ” means the Higher Secondary School Certificate (Standard XII) examination conducted by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent certificate awarded by a recognized Boards ;
(1) “Institutional Quota ” means seats available for admission to eligible Candidates at Institution level as declared by the Government or appropriate authority from time to time ;
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(m) “Inter-Se-Merit ” means the order of merit declared by the Competent Authority in respect of various classes or category of Candidates ;
(n) “Minority Quota ” means seats earmarked for the Minority Community students from within the State, belonging to the Minority Community to which the institution belongs ;
(o) “Non Autonomous Institution” means those institutions which are not “Autonomous Institutions” ;
(p) “Overseas Citizen of India (OCI)” means a candidate or a person registered as an Overseas Citizen of India as declared by the Central Government under section 7A of the Citizenship Act, 1955 and includes Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) ;
Explanation.—For the purposes of this clause, all the existing Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) cardholders registered under notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs No. F.No. 26011/04/98- F.I, dated 19th August 2002 and shall now be deemed to be Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholders by virtue of Notification of Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, No. 25024/9/2014-F 1., dated 9th January 2015 ;
(¢) “Qualifying Examination ” means examinations on the basis of which a candidate becomes eligible for admission or its equivalent examination ;
(r) “SSC” means the Secondary School Certificate (Standard X) examination conducted by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education or its equivalent certificate awarded by a recognized Board ;
(s) “Supernumerary Seats ” means seats which are over and above the Sanctioned Intake approved by the appropriate authority and the Government, from time to time;
(t) “Visual Art” means the under graduate and post graduate Educational Courses that are imparted in the Educational Institutions under the supervision of Directorate of Art.
(2) Words and expressions used but not defined in these rules shall have the same meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act.
3. Invitation of Application.——(1) The Competent Authority shall invite Online Applications from Candidates for participating in CET and/ or CAP for seeking admission to the Courses for which State CET or alternative entrance examination is required for the academic year.
(2) The Competent Authority shall also invite online application from the eligible candidates for participating in the Centralized Admission Process (CAP) for the undergraduate Visual Art courses for which the entrance test is conducted by the appropriate authority under any Central Act and shall be applicable, for seeking admission to such professional courses, as per the provisions of the Central Act, rules and regulations made thereunder.
(3) The Candidates seeking admissions to the professional courses for the seats provided in.—
(a) rule 7(1), 7(2), 7(3) and 7 (5) (b) of these rules shall apply to the Competent Authority for admission through Centralized Admission Process (CAP),
(b) rule 7(4) and 7(5) (a) of these rules shall initially apply to the Competent Authority for verification of documents and then to respective institute, to enable the institutions to give admissions to such eligible applicants on the basis of Inter-Se Merit, as specified in rule 13.
(4) The Candidate should submit, along-with the application, the requisite certificates, as applicable in the necessary Proforma issued by the concerned competent authority.
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