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Guidelines For Percentage Of Reserved/Open Seats :
The distribution of seats for both open and reserved category is as follows:
1. Generally 55.5% of the seats in each course shall be treated as belonging to the Open Category.

2. 44.5% of the seats shall be treated as belonging to the Reserved Category, as per details given below:
(i) 15% for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes;
(ii) 7.5% for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes;
(iii) 5% for candidates belonging to the Backward Classes;
The above reservation shall be subject to the following conditions:
(a) the number of students admitted on merit shall not be included in the number of seats reserved;
(b) member of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/Backward Class shall be allowed a concession of 5% marks for admission to the courses in which a certain percentage of minimum marks has been prescribed provided they have obtained minimum pass marks prescribed by the regulations;
(c) in case the seats earmarked for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes remains unfilled, a further relaxation in marks may be given, in order of merit inter se amongst the candidates themselves, so that all the reserved seats are filled by candidates belonging to these categories; and
(d) a Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe person on migration from the State of his origin will not lose his status as Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe but he/she will be entitled to the concessions/benefits admissible to the Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes from the State of his origin and not from the State where he has migrated. [Regulation 29.1, P.U. Cal. Vol. 1, 2007 (Page 168)].
(iv) 3% for Physically Handicapped candidates: Claimant in this category should be capable of pursuing the course for which the admission is sought. The handicapped candidates should have a minimum of 40% disability duly certified by the Medical Board of District/State/UT/Medical Institution of National Importance. Such certificate shall be further certified by the Medical Board of the Panjab University Health Centre. Out of the 3% seats, 1% would be earmarked for the blind and the person(s) with low vision in the courses where no practicals are involved
(a) the blind person(s) shall be given admission straightway, i.e., they will be given priority over the Physically Handicapped candidates; 16 University Institute of Hotel and Tourism Management
(b) the blind person(s) shall be allowed to compete in the General Category by allowing them 5 percent marks over and above the marks actually obtained by them for determining their merit;
(c) for admission to courses wherein age limit is specified, the blind persons shall be given a relaxation of 5 years in age;
(d) for admission to courses based on the Entrance Tests, the blind persons be treated at par with the SC/ST for earning eligibility for admission; Visually Handicapped would mean: Visual acuity of 6/60 with best correction in the better eye or any persons with visual fields of 20° or less in the better eye irrespective of the visual acuity.
(v) 5% on the basis of achievement in Sports (see separate guidelines on pages 18- 21).
(vi) 5% (for all the under-mentioned categories taken together) for candidates who fall in one of the following categories (which are given here in order of precedence):
(a) Sons/Daughters/Spouses of such defence personnel, para-military personnel like CRPF/ BSF and Police personnel etc. who died in action while on duty. Only those who were wholly dependent on such personnel shall be considered.
(b) Sons/Daughters/Spouses as are wholly dependent on such Defence Personnel who were incapacitated1/died while in service.
(c) Such Sons/Daughters/Spouses of ex-serviceman (Defence and Paramilitary personnel like CRPF/BSF etc.) as are wholly dependent on them.
(d) Defence personnel incapacitated4 while in service.
(e) Such Sons/Daughters/Spouses of serving defence personnel and paramilitary personnel like CRPF/BSF etc. as are wholly dependent on them.
(f) Ex-servicemen2
(g) Serving defence personnel/paramilitary personnel like CRPF/BSF etc.
(vii) 2% for Sons/Daughters/Husband/Wife/Brothers/Sisters of persons killed/incapacitated in November 1984 riots and of persons killed/ incapacitated in terrorist violence in Punjab and Chandigarh. A Certificate from the District Magistrate to this effect must be submitted by the candidate.

1 Incapacitation will mean incapacitation leading to the discharge of the person by authorities concerned.
2 Ex-serviceman means a person who has served in any rank whether as a combatant or non-combatant in the regular Army, Navy and Air Force of the Union of India
i. who retired from the service after earning his/her pensions; or
ii. who has been boarded out of the service on medical grounds attributable to military service or circumstances beyond his control and awarded medical or other disability pension; or
iii. who has been released from the service as a result of reduction in establishment; or
iv. who has been released from the service after completing the specific period of engagement, (otherwise than at his own request, or by way of dismissal, or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency) and has been given a gratuity.

Territorial Army Personnel of the following categories shall also be considered as ex-servicemen:
(a) Pension holders for continuous embodied service;
(b) Disabled Territorial Army Personnel with disability attributable to military service;
(c) Gallantry award winners.
No other certificate for claiming the benefit under this clause shall be accepted. Migrant Card alone is not enough.3
(viii) 2% for the Children/Grand Children of Freedom Fighters who have been sanctioned pension by Central/State Govt. or awarded Tamra Patra by Government of India (Syndicate Para 15, dated 30-05-1997) or those who have been certified to be Freedom Fighters by the Central/State Governments.
(ix) Any other statutory reservation as prescribed by the Government of India, if any.

NOTE:
Specimen of forms of certificates to be attached to admission forms wherever applicable has been provided in Sub-Appendices A1 to A7 (pages 22-25). While working out the percentage of seats in the reserved categories, if the number arrived at contains a fraction, this shall be resolved as follows
If the fraction is 0.5 or more, it shall be rounded off to 1; if it is less than 0.5, it shall be ignored. This shall, however, not affect the total number of seats in the open category. To ensure this, if the total number of seats after making this adjustment exceeds the prescribed number fixed for the course, the necessary additional seats shall be created with the prior permission of the D.U.I./Vice-Chancellor. Such seats, if created, shall be treated as additional only for the year in question.

GUIDELINES FOR ADMISSION TO THE RESERVED CATEGORY OF SPORTS :
Five percent seats of the total number of seats in each course are reserved under this category. No benefit on the basis of sports shall be given to the candidates not applying for admission in this category.
1. Each applicant applying for admission in this category shall, along with the photocopy of the Application-cum-Admission Form, will submit following documents to the concerned department and the concerned department will send all the documents received from eligible candidates to Directorate of Sports:
i. self-attested photocopy of sports certificates;
ii. Class 10th and Class 10+2 details marks certificates showing date of birth;
iii. the affidavit of sports achievement (Sub-Appendix A8) duly attested by a Notary/Magistrate Class I/II on a Stamp Paper of Rs. 5/- or Rs. 10/-;
iv. Roster form/ list of players duly attested by the competent authority of concerned tournament / championship. The photograph of the player should also be pasted on the certificate duly attested by the competent authority of concerned tournament/ championship.

2. The D.U.I. has the authority to cancel admission at any time, if it is found that the candidate obtained such admission on the basis of a false certificate or incorrect statement/record.

3. Students seeking admission under this category will be considered for admission only in the games and disciplines in which the Panjab University sends its teams for participation in the Inter-University Tournaments (for the inclusion of such games and discipline, see Sub-Appendix A9). However, in the game of Kabaddi (Punjab Style) and Gatka Inter College tournaments conducted by various universities will also be considered for the admission.

4. Reservation under Sports Category is meant only for those active4 sports-persons who would participate in the Campus, University, National, International level Sports Tournaments. Such students will be considered for admission only if:
i. their achievement in sports relates to their activities in any of three years immediately preceding the year of admission5 (relaxable to 4 years in exceptional cases, on merit, for outstanding sportspersons6).
ii. if they are otherwise also eligible for participation in Inter-College, Inter- University, National and International Sports Tournaments as per Association of Indian University rules (Sub-Appendix A10).
iii. if the performance of the candidate in the trial is not satisfactory, his/her candidature can be rejected.

4 Means a person attending the grounds regularly so as to prepare himself for participation in the Inter-College and Inter-University Tournaments. However, his/her age falls within the age group which is eligible for participation in Inter-College/Inter-University Competition.

5 Preceding three years mean from 1st July 2012 to 30th June 2015.

6 Securing first three positions in All India Inter-University/Seniors National Championship/National Games in Senior Category/Participation in International competition at Senior or Junior level recognized by respective International Federation, Indian Olympic Association or Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Indian Olympic Committee.
iv. no document including affidavit etc. will be accepted after the last date of submission of photocopy of the Application-cum-Admission form neither by the concerned Department nor by the Directorate of Sports. However, in case any sports persons earn any achievement up to 30th June, 2015 he/she may submit supplementary copy of the document to the concerned department along with additional affidavit.
v. Atleast two times sports participation in the same game is compulsory for the students seeking admission under this category (within the prescribed period of three years as mentioned in the Footnote No. 8).

5. A committee constituted by the Vice-Chancellor shall screen all the applications under this category through interviews and by holding actual sports trials in the respective games on the Panjab University Grounds, Chandigarh and other venues in Chandigarh as per Schedule of Trials. The date of sports trials will be informed by the respective Department in which the applicant applied for admission. Only such applicants will be allowed to appear for the interviews and actual sports trials, whose applications are found in conformity with the requirements/qualifications mentioned in the Guidelines by the Directorate of Sports. Applicants are to appear for interview with all the original sports certificates and all the academiccertificates.

6. The Directorate of Sports, Panjab University shall take an undertaking in the form of an Affidavit (Sub-Appendix A11) on a Stamp Paper of Rs. 5/- or Rs. 10/- duly attested by the Notary/Magistrate Class I/II from the students that they will attend the grounds regularly and would also participate in the Inter-College, Inter- University, National and International sports tournaments. Their admission would be liable to be cancelled if the terms of the undertaking thus given are not adhered to.

7. The order of precedence in the selection of candidates for admission will be as per Sub-Appendix A12:
i. A student falling under category ‘A’ shall be placed higher in merit than a student falling under category ‘B’. Similarly a student falling under category ‘B’ shall be placed higher in merit than a student falling under category ‘C’ and so on.
ii. Likewise, within each category a student falling in category ‘A’ (1) will be placed higher in merit than a student falling in category ‘A’ (2) and so on.
iii. A student who attains first position in a competition shall be rated higher in merit than the one who gets second position in a competition of the same level. Similarly, second position will be rated higher in merit than the third in the same level of competition and so on.
iv. If there is a tie within the same category, this tie shall be resolved by considering the ‘academic merit’7 and even then if there is tie, it will be resolved by the seniority in age i.e. date of birth of the students and such tie will be resolved by the concerned Department in which applicant applied for admission.

8. The inter se merit of the candidates seeking admission to any course under the reserved category of Sports shall be determined only on the basis of their merit in Sports as per grading criteria provided in Sub-Appendix A12.

9. The case of sports person with achievements in games/disciplines not included in Sub-Appendix A9 but excelling at International level8 shall be recommended by University Director of Physical Education and may be considered by the Vice- Chancellor for admission to a particular course by creating at additional seat to the extent of 2% seats in the respective course. These seats shall be treated as being in addition to the approved strength of the course in that year only. Sports persons wishing to avail Clause 9 should submit a separate application along with the concerned department’s Admission Form.

10. Not less than 75% attendance in sports grounds for all those students admitted against reserved category of sports shall be a condition precedent for appearing in the examination.

11. When student is required to abstain from the Department for participation in Inter- College/Inter-University/National/International Sports Tournaments, he/she should seek prior permission of the Chairperson of the Department of which he/she is the student.

12. If a student admitted under the reserved category of Sports, remains absent from the grounds for regular practice for a continuous period of seven days without leave, his/her name shall be struck off the rolls by the Chairperson of the concerned Department on the recommendation of the Directorate of Sports, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

13. Deficiency of equal number of lectures (theory, practical, seminars) for tutorials, etc., shall be condoned for sportspersons for attending Coaching Camps for participation in various Campus, Inter-Hostel and Inter-Departments, Inter-College, Inter-University, National and International level tournaments.

14. In case a student does not attend the grounds for practice or does not participate in the P.U. Campus Sports Activities including Campus Annual Athletic Meet, Inter- College competition, Inter-University tournaments on medical grounds, the medical certificate issued by the University Chief Medical Officer only will be accepted.

15. In case there are more than one State Association and/or National Federations in any game, the University will entertain and consider only such applicants in Sports Category who have certificates issued by a State Association duly recognized by the concerned State Olympic Association and/or National Federation duly recognized by the Indian Olympic Association. Certificates issued by the concerned State Association not recognized by the concerned State Olympic Association and/or National Federations not recognized by the Indian Olympic Association will not be considered by the University for any purpose.

NOTE:
In case a student remains present in the concerned Department for classes but absent in the grounds for sports then his/her medical certificate will not be accepted and his/her admission shall be liable to be cancelled.

16. Certificate on letter head will not be considered as a normal course. However, if the certificates are not issued by some sports Organization/Association in a particular game, those cases will be looked after separately by the Screening Committee.

17. It is mandatory for all who have been admitted under 5% reserved category of sports to attend the grounds regularly and participate actively in Inter-College, Inter- University and Nationals if selected and it will also be mandatory for them to get ‘No Objection Certificate’ from the University Director of Physical Education, Panjab University before appearing in the Semester/Annual Exam otherwise theywill not be issued Admit Card/Roll Nos. by the Chairperson/Director of the concerned departments.