MAH AAC CET Seat Allotment 2025: Mop up Round (August 25), Reporting

The CET Cell Maharashtra is conducting the mop round of MAH AAC CET 2025 counselling. The seat allotment for MAH AAC CET 2025 mop up round will be out on August 25, 2025. Candidates have to report to the allotted colleges from August 26-29, 2025. The authorities released the CAP schedule of MAH AAC CET 2025 for two rounds followed by a mop-up round and institute level round. Candidates will be able to secure admissions into fine arts courses of participating colleges through the MAH AAC CET 2025 counselling.

Earlier, the MAH AAC CET counselling registration 2025 were open from July 7 till July 18, 2025. Candidates who complete counselling registrations and included in the merit list are eligible to enter their college options and obtain the Maharashtra AAC CET seat allotment. The MAH AAC CET seat allotment 2025 will be done based on the college preferences and the candidate's rank scored in the exam of MAH AAC CET. Read the full article to know more about the MAH AAC CET seat allotment 2025.

Maharashtra AAC CET Allotment 2025 Dates

Candidates will be able to access the MAH AAC CET allotment 2025 dates at cetcell.mahacet.org soon. Given below are the dates for MAH AAC CET 2025 seat allotment.

MAH AAC CET Seat Allotment Dates 2025

MAH AAC CET 2025 Allotment Process

Candidates can find below the steps involved in MAH AAC CET 2025 seat allotment process.

• Registration: The students who clear the MAH AAC CET 2025 need to register online as per the schedule.

• Selection of preference: Candidates have to provide their minimum and maximum preferences for the courses and institutions.

• Submission of documents: The registered candidates for MAH AAC CET seat allotment 2025 need to submit the required documents at FC for verification.

• Seat acceptance: The aspirants will be allotted with the seats preferred and they need to provide the confirmation of MAH AAC CET 2025 seat allotment acceptance.

• Payment of fee: The candidates who have been allotted the seat need to confirm their admission by making the payment as MAH AAC CET seat allotment fee 2025.

MAH AAC CET 2025 Seat Allotment Stages and Process

The MAH AAC CET seat allotment process through the CAP is described as follows.

For Maharashtra State Candidates

Stage 1: For all the Candidates

• All the candidates belonging to various categories such as open, reserved, male, and female shall be considered for the MAH AAC CET seat allotment as per their merit.

• Candidates of Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and Orphans shall be considered for seat allotment according to their merit. In case, if the seat is not available in their reserved category, then they shall be considered for seat allotment in the Open category.

• Candidates belonging to backward class shall be considered for seat allotment in Open Category or their reserved category, if open category seats are not available at their merit.

• SBC category candidates shall be considered for allotment in open category by virtue of their merit and in case of SBC candidates who were in backward class prior to their inclusion in SBC category shall be considered in their original backward class category.

• Persons with Disability (PwD) category candidates seat allotment

• Seat allotment for the PwD candidates shall be within their respective reserved or general category only.

• The number of seats available for the PwD category candidates shall be indicated in total for the specific course as per the availability of seats in the CAP for that course.

• If the seats for the PwD category candidates as per their prescribed reservation percentage within their respective reserved or general category our to be complete integer (no rounding off the fractional value is permissible) then only such seats shall be earmarked as reserved for that particular reserved or general category for PwD candidate & shall be allotted as per their merit.

• All other seats (except earmarked seats) available for PwD category candidates for that course shall be allotted as per their merit from the combined list of all PwD category candidates. Provided that, not more than one seat shall be filled in from the same reserved category as per their merit. Provided further that, the candidate not considered for allotment due to provision of above proviso, shall be considered for seat allotment from general PwD category as per their merit.

• After seat allotment to the PwD candidate, a seat from that general of respective Backward Class category and PwD category shall be treated as utilised.

• If in the seat matrix for any course, total available seats for Reserved or General category comes out to be less than two, then in such case, no seat shall be allotted to the PwD category candidate.

• Seat allotment to the Defence category candidates

• Seat allotment to the Defence category candidates shall be within their respective reserved or general category only.

• The number of seats available for the Defence category candidates shall be indicated in total for the specific course as per the seats available in the CAP for that course.

• If the seat for Defence category candidates as per their prescribed reservation percentage within their respective reserved of general category comes out to be complete integer (no rounding off the fractional value is permissible) then only such seat shall be earmarked as reserved for that particular reserved or general category for Defence Category candidate and shall be allotted as per their merit.

• All other seats (except earmarked seats) available for Defence Category candidates for that course shall be allotted as per their merit from the combined list of all Defence Category Candidates. Provided that, not more than one seat shall be filled in from the same reserved category as per their merit. Provided further that, the candidate not considered for allotment due to the above provision, shall be considered for the allotment of seats from general seats for Defence Category as per their merit.

• After allotment of the seat to Defence Category Candidate a seat from that General or respective Backward Class Category and Defence Category shall be treated as utilised.

• If in the seat matrix for any course, total available seats for Reserved or General category comes out to be less than two, then in such case, no seat shall be allotted to the Defence Category Candidate.

• If a seat is available for a candidate in more than one category, then the seat allotment shall be done in the sequence as given below.

1. Seat for ladies
2. Seat for PwD candidates
3. Seat for Defence category candidates

Stage 2: For allotment of seats reserved for Female to Male Candidates

If the seat remains vacant after allotment to female candidates of the Backward Class Category or Open Category, such seat shall be allotted to the male candidates belonging to respective Backward Class or Open Category.

Stage 3: For SBC Category Candidates

If the Backward Class Category seat remains vacant, such seat shall be considered for allotment to the Candidates of SBC Category, limited to the extent of 2% seats.

Stage 4: For all Candidates (without any type of Reservation)

The seat allotment to all the candidates will be based on their merit.

Stage 5: For all Candidates (without any Candidature Type)

The seats remaining vacant shall be allotted to all India candidates.

Note: For seats reserved for the female candidates, the procedure for reservation as given in Government Circular of General Administration Department No. RSV 1012/CN16/12/16A Dated 13th August 2014 shall be adopted.

All India Candidature Candidates

The seat allotment shall be done through CAP on the basis of CET scores or as specified by the appropriate authority. All these seats are treated as “General Category” seats and no reservation is provided in these seats for the candidates of backward class category, ladies, PwD, and Defence, etc.

Minority Candidature Candidates

The stages of computerised allotment are as follows.

Stage I: The seats under minority quota in the minority institution linguistic or religious shall be allotted to the respective minority candidates.

Stage II: If the seats remain vacant shall be allotted to the Maharashtra State candidature candidates.

Stage III: Further, If the seats remain vacant, they shall be allotted to the candidates of all India candidature.

Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh Candidature Candidates

The Supernumerary seats for Union Territory Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh Migrant candidature candidates shall be allotted to the eligible candidates as in 5(6) on the basis of merit in the entrance test conducted by the appropriate authority or in the manner a prescribed by the appropriate authority, further if seats remains vacant then the seats shall be allotted to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh Migrant candidature candidates on the basis of CET conducted by the competent authority.

1. Application Form Filling, Submission, and Admission Centres

The eligible candidate shall fill the online application form, take the printout, upload scanned copies of the required documents and send duly filled in and signed application form by speed post / courier / by hand delivery for verification & confirmation to the admission centre designated by the competent authority for these admissions.

• The application should reach on or before the last date as notified. Applications received after the last date or incomplete application will not be verified and confirmed and the name of such candidate will not appear in the merit list prepared for the purpose of CAP.

• The Competent authority shall publish the provisional Merit List.

• The candidates whose names do not appear in the merit list(s) will not be able to participate in the entire Admission Process.

2. Counselling round for Union Territory of J and K Union Territory of Ladakh Migrant Candidates at identified Admission Centre

• Candidates seeking admission against these seats shall report to the Admission Centre of Admission Authority for admission as per the schedule.

• The candidates shall produce the documentary evidence strictly as per the Proforma(s) in support of their claims.

• These Admissions will be made strictly in the order of merit from amongst the candidates who report in person for admission at the concerned identified admission centre as per schedule, against the seats available in the various institutes at the time when the candidate actually reports for admission.

• Admissions once confirmed shall be final and candidates shall not be allowed to seek transfer of their admission to any other institute and/or any other course during the entire duration of the course.

• The candidates reporting late for admission shall be considered for allotment against seats that are available at that time. The decision of the admission centre in-charge shall be final and binding.

Important note: Candidates admitted under this provision are not allowed to change course or college in any year of study.

3. Reporting at institutes:

• Candidate shall confirm the admission by paying the requisite fee amount and by submitting required documents in original to the respective institute, to which admission is granted as per schedule.

• If a candidate fails to substantiate the claims made at the time of submitting necessary original documents within the reporting time for CAP Round, the candidate forfeits the claim on the allotted seat.

• If a candidate is unable to produce original certificates at the time of his / her admission on account of admission already secured to some other institution, he or she shall produce a certificate from the Head of the institution where he/she has already taken admission indicating that he/she has been admitted to a particular course in that institution on a particular date and hence original certificates have been retained in that institution. The candidate shall produce the attested copies of the certificates duly attested by the Head of the concerned institution. Such candidates shall be required to pay the fees immediately at the time of admission and such candidates shall be permitted to submit the required original certificates within 04 working days after the date of payment of fees.