27% Seats will be reserved for the Candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes(OBC) (non- creamy layer, central list). At the time of giving admission to an OBC Candidate, the College will ensure that the caste is included in the Central List of OBC (the OBC status is to be determined on the basis of the Central (Govt. of India) List of OBCs notified by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment on the recommendations of the National Commission for Backward Classes (available at the website http://ncbc.nic.in/ backward classes/index.html.)
The certificate must mention non-creamy layer status of the Candidate (Non-creamy layer status issued by an authority mentioned in DOPT Office Memorandum no. 36012/22/93- Estt. (SCT) dated 15.11.1993).
The OBC Candidates who belong to the ‘Non-Creamy Layer’ and whose caste appears in the Central List of the OBCs only, shall be eligible to be considered for admission under the OBC category (Validity period of OBC certificate in respect of ‘non-creamy layer’ status of the Candidates as per DOPT Office Memorandum No. 36036/2/2013-Estt. (Res- I) dated 31 March 2016). The validity of the non-creamy layer certificate shall be for the financial year 2021-2022 (for Assessment year ending on March 31, 2021), issued on or after 31st March, 2021.
If the Candidate does not have the OBC non-creamy layer certificate of the latest financial year 2021-2022 at the time of registration, the Candidate may upload the previously issued (older) OBC non-creamy layer certificate or the acknowledgement slip of OBC non-creamy layer certificate application. However, at the time of admission, the Candidate must produce the recent financial year’s (2021-22) OBC non-creamy layer certificate, issued by the same competent authority. This additional certificate must have reference of the Candidate’s already issued original caste certificate.
The OBC Candidates shall be given a relaxation of 10% in the minimum eligibility marks of the said program and for the admission entrance test a relaxation of 10% of the mini- mum eligibility marks prescribed for General/UR Category Candidates. For example, if the minimum eligibility for admission to a program is 40% for the UR Category Candidates, the minimum eligibility for the OBC category will be 36% (i.e. 40% minus 10% of 40%).It is a statutory obligation on the part of Colleges to fill all the seats reserved for OBC Candidates.