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Kolkata: The state higher education department has extended the form submission for centralized admissions until July 15. A notice was posted on the centralized admission portal on Tuesday evening.
The portal was supposed to close on Tuesday night.
Higher education minister Bratya Basu posted on his X handle, "The centralized admission portal completed two weeks of operation. Following the Chief Minister's order for serving students' interests, the deadline was extended... until July 15."
The portal, which started functioning on June 16 and was supposed to close on Tuesday, was extended for 15 more days to receive applications for undergraduate courses.
According to sources in higher education, over 18 lakh applications were submitted by over 3 lakh candidates until Tuesday at 6 pm.
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The OBC reservation matter has not been resolved in court yet. There was a hearing at Calcutta High Court last week on a contempt plea, alleging the centralized admission showed sub-classification of OBC A and B. The court did not stay the entire process but directed not to mention categories.
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Forms are now being filled without category details, and the caste certificates will have to be uploaded once the matter is resolved in court.
Department officials saw an overwhelming response from students in terms of total applications received, and they are expecting more applications due to the date extension. They are also expecting the OBC matter to be resolved during this period before preparing the merit list.
Lady Brabourne College principal Siuli Sarkar said, "This year we saw huge numbers of applications submitted, giving first choice to our college. We can expect more applications as the date has been extended, but at the same time, we don't know how many of them will take admission." New Alipore College principal Jaydeep Sarangi said, "We observed more applications were submitted, so extending 15 days more means reaching out to more students.
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