SELECTION PROCEDURE FOR ADMISSION

Ranking of Candidates
      Selection of Candidates for admission to LL.B Degree courses will be based on the Merit list prepared by CENTAC, based on the marks arrived at by adopting the ‘method of normalization’. Ranking of the candidates will be done based on the ‘normalised marks’ (rounded-off to three decimal places) arrived at, to a base of 200.

    Admission is based on the marks secured by the candidates in the prescribed subjects, in the qualifying examination [i.e. for HSC Academic: Mathematics, Physics and any one of the optional subjects (Chemistry / Bio-Technology / Computer Science / Biology / Botany & Zoology & for HSC Vocational: Vocational Subject Theory, Vocational Subject Practical and a related Subject], and ‘normalizing’ them by the prescribed procedure. Equal weightage will be given to all the three prescribed subjects. In case a candidate has appeared in more than any one of the above prescribed optional subjects, the subject in which the candidate has obtained the highest marks will be taken into consideration for ‘normalisation’ and for calculating the actual total marks in the prescribed subjects. Wherever separate marks for practicals are awarded, the same will be considered along with the respective subjects, for arriving at the total actual marks and hence the ‘normalized marks’.

     Admission of candidates belonging to ‘Other States’/ UTs’ for the above Degree courses, will be based on the ‘inter-se merit list’ drawn based on the ‘normalised marks’ of the prescribed subjects, for the respective courses.


Normalization Procedure
        In order to evolve a common base for comparing the marks obtained by the candidates from various Boards of Examinations, ‘normalisation procedure’ as outlined below will be followed.
(i). The marks obtained by the students in the qualifying examination conducted by the various Boards or Authority, shall be equated with the marks obtained by the students in the qualifying examination, conducted by the State Board (i.e. State Board of School Examinations, Tamil Nadu), by adopting the method of normalization.

Explanation:
    Under the method of normalization, the highest mark obtained by the students of various Boards  shall be equated to the highest mark obtained by the students of the State Board, and the relative marks of other students in that subject, shall be determined accordingly.

Illustration:
    If the highest aggregate marks secured by a student of the State Board, is 1100 out of 1200 and the highest mark secured by a student of any other Board (say ‘X’), is 900, then, both the highest marks will be considered to be equal to 1100. If any other student of the other Board (i.e “X”) secures 860 marks, when the first mark in the same Board (i.e “X”), is 900, then, 860 marks secured by such a student will be considered to be equal to 1051.111 marks as arrived at and given below:
(1100 x 900)/860 = 1051.111

(ii). After normalization of marks of the eligible students of different Boards, in the relevant subjects, the ‘normalized marks’ obtained shall be merged into a ‘common merit list’.

(iii). In cases, where more than one student have got the same marks in the ‘common merit list’, the ‘inter-se merit’ among such students shall be determined in the manner prescribed under procedure for breaking the tie.

(iv). For the purpose of normalization of marks of candidates from ‘Other States’ maximum marks obtained in the respective subjects, from among the various Boards under which the above candidates have actually studied and applied for the course, will only be considered.

Illustration:
   If candidates from Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra alone have applied against “All India quota”, then, the above Boards and their highest aggregate marks only will be considered, for the purpose of ‘normalisation’ of marks.

(v) The Director, School Education, Government of Puducherry, will be the ‘designated authority’, to furnish the ‘highest aggregate marks’ of the various Boards of Examinations, and furnish it to CENTAC. For the ‘normalization Procedure’ only the above officially furnished data will be used and will form the basis for preparing the ‘common merit list’ for the various courses, coming under the purview of CENTAC.

Procedure for Breaking the “Tie” in the Merit Marks
When more than one candidate have got the same marks in the common merit list (i.e. the merit list prepared after merging the normalized marks of candidates from various Boards), the ‘inter-se merit’ among such candidates, for each course will be determined “in the order of priority” as specified below:

 

Display of Merit List

The Merit List will be displayed on the notice board of the office of CENTAC, Pondicherry Engineering College and Dr Ambedkar Government Law College, Puducherry. The same will also be made available in the official website: www.centacprof.net.in. No separate announcement will be made in the newspapers.
 

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