Eligibility for Admission

    For admission to the said degree course, the candidate should fulfill the necessary admission requirements as prescribed by the Pondicherry University.
Minimum Academic Qualification

    Candidates seeking admission to the LL.B degree course should have undergone a regular course of study in a duly recognized school and have a pass in the HSC (Academic / Vocational) examination conducted by the Board of Higher Secondary Examination of Tamil Nadu or any other equivalent examination thereto with a minimum of 45% marks (a mere pass for SC/ST candidates) in aggregate, in all the subjects of the qualifying examination.

     Candidates, who have passed their qualifying examination in the supplementary examination and submitted the admission application in time as prescribed by CENTAC, should submit their mark sheet of the qualifying exam to CENTAC within 10 days, from the publication of such results. Counselling of such candidates will be based on the merit arrived at, after taking into consideration the supplementary mark.

Improvement Marks

Candidates may also seek admission with marks scored in the first improvement examination. (First improvement refers to the improvement examination taken for the first time, after passing the qualifying examination). Improvement marks secured in the subsequent improvement examinations will not be considered. However, the above candidates should enclose attested / true copies of both sides of mark statements of all improvement examinations.

Nationality

    A candidate seeking admission through CENTAC should be an Indian National. However, French Nationals residing in the UT of Puducherry and covered by the terms of the Treaty of Cession shall be treated on par with Indian Nationals, for the purpose of admission to the above course.

Age Limit

     Age will be reckoned as on 1st July 2008 for admission to LL.B degree course. The upper age limit is 21 years for LL.B. degree course (relaxable up to 3 years for SC / ST & Physically Handicapped candidates).

Domicile Criteria for UT of the Puducherry

      A candidate is considered to belong to the UT of Puducherry, if he / she satisfies at least one of the following domicile criteria:

a) Those candidates or whose parents have been residing continuously in the UT of Puducherry for at least 5 years immediately preceding the date of application.

b) Those who have passed SSLC / HSC or any other public examination and for that purpose had undergone academic studies continuously for 5 successive classes immediately preceding the qualifying examination (including the year of the qualifying examination) in recognised educational institution / (s) located in the UT of Puducherry and having their residence in UT of Puducherry for 5 years continuously during that period.

c) Children of Central Government Servants / Defence Personnel / Central Paramilitary Forces / Employees of Public Sector Undertakings wholly or substantially run either by the Central Government or by the UT Puducherry administration, posted and serving in the UT of Puducherry for at least a minimum period of one year prior to the stipulated last date of submission of application for the course.

d) Children of natives of the UT of Puducherry who have declared any place in the Puducherry UT as their home town and so certified by their respective Heads of Office.
Note: Nativity Certificate in the prescribed format has to be enclosed along with the admission application for the course.

e) Children of Defence Personnel who were killed or disabled in action and children of Central Government Servants/ UT of Puducherry Government Servants / Defence Personnel / Employees of Public Sector undertakings as referred in category (c) and (d), who have died while in service, in the UT of Puducherry.

f) French Nationals residing in the UT of Puducherryand covered by the terms of the ‘Treaty of Cession’ shall be treated on par with the candidates who produce the prescribed residence certificate for the UT of Puducherry. However, such French Nationals will not be required to produce residence certificate. Instead they should produce a ‘certificate of registration’ issued for this purpose from the French Consulate, at Puducherry.


NOTE: Only recent residence certificates will be accepted and considered.
 

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