CLAT Counselling 2017

CLAT Counselling 2017 – Chanakya National Law University Patna in accordance with CLAT 2017 Committee has begun counselling for common law admissions at 9:15 pm on June 5, 2017. The admissions for undergraduate and postgraduate law programmes in participating colleges are held through CLAT 2017 counselling which will be done through an online centralised system. CLAT Counselling 2017 includes a number of processes, to begin with online registration, filling NLU choices, moving to allotment of seats and payment of counselling fees, further upgrading seats and finally reporting to allotted NLUs. Candidates need to know the complete counselling process so that they don’t face any challenge while attending the online counselling of CLAT 2017. According to official information, CLAT 2017 counselling will end on July 4, 2017 and the closure of CLAT admission process will be done by July 6, 2017. Candidates can find here details about the CLAT counselling including seat allotment, payment of counselling fee, and withdrawal of seats. Read below to know more about the online CLAT counselling 2017.

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Notice - It is hereby notified that certain errors were spotted in the List uploaded on 5th June 2017. The same list is withdrawn with immediate effect. The revised list shall be published (uploaded) by 11 pm on 6th June, 2017. Consequently dates of online payment of counselling fee of Rs. 50,000/- are extended up to 9th June, 2017. Accordingly exercising the options for locking or shifting will be considered between 7th June, 2017 and 9th June 2017 up to 10 pm. Candidates to please note the extended dates and ignore the dates announced earlier for payment of the counselling fee of Rs. 50,000/- and exercising the lock and shift options.

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CLAT Counselling 2017: Important Instructions

• CNLU Patna has organised counselling for CLAT 2017.

• CLAT 2017 counselling is being held centrally and through an online system.

• Candidates shortlisted for CLAT counselling 2017 have to first register through the online centralised system.

• Candidates must note that they would be invited to attend CLAT counselling based on their merit as per CLAT results 2017.

• The CLAT Committee provides an indicative seat allocation list based on CLAT merit list 2017 and NLUs’ preferences as given by the candidate during application of CLAT 2017.

• The candidate needs also have to deposit a counselling fee of Rs. 50,000 to show their interest and seriousness towards CLAT 2017 counselling.

• After the payment of CLAT counselling fee, candidates are to be offered facility to lock their seat choices (seat allotment process) or exercise other counselling options including shifting of seats and even withdrawal option.

• After completion of each round of seat allotment, another indicative list is to be published by the CLAT committee.

• The common law admission committee is to issue as many as four such indicative seat allotment lists followed by a choice locking process in CLAT 2017 counselling.

• Once the CLAT counselling process is over with seat allotment and reporting of candidates at the allotted NLUs, the admission office of CLAT 2017 will get closed by July 6, 2017.

How to attend CLAT Counselling 2017?

1. Click on official link of CLAT Counselling 2017 (mentioned below)

2. Provide login details including User Id/ Registration Id and Password.

3. Click on ‘Counselling’ tab.

4. Go through the indicative seat allotment list of NLUs.

5. Pay the requisite amount of CLAT 2017 counselling fee (applicable to only those candidates who have their names in the indicative list for the first time).

6. Exercise ‘Seat Lock’ option given against the allotted NLU.

7. Save a copy of the NLU seat allotted list.
8. Click on Logout option.

CLAT Counselling 2017 – Click here to attend counselling round(s) and view seat allotment list for the CLAT counselling or can register and attend the online counseling through the official window below

CLAT Counselling 2017: Important Documents

• CLAT Application Form 2017

• CLAT Admit Card 2017

• CLAT Score Card

• Class 10^th Marks-sheet (For proof of Date of Birth)

• Class 12^th Marks-sheet (For proof of Academic Qualification)

• Caste Certificate (If applicable)

• Specially-Abled Certificate (If applicable)

• NRI Certificate (If applicable)

• Sponsored NRI Certificate (If applicable)

• Domicile Certificate (If applicable) 

CLAT Counselling Schedule 2017

What are the Lock, Upgrade and Withdrawal options?

Lock– Candidates will be given this option in each of the counselling round after the publication of indicative seat allotment list. Exercising this ‘Lock’ option in CLAT 2017 counselling will confirm the allotted NLU choice for that counselling round. Further, the ‘Lock’ option debars candidates to shift their choice to any other NLU in the current counselling round.

Shifting/ Up-gradation– CLAT Committee will be offering this option from the second round of CLAT counselling 2017. Moreover, this option will be offered to only those candidates who have participated in the previous counselling round. The candidates will be automatically considered shifted or upgraded to a higher NLU against any vacancy arising in the preferred NLU through his/ her choice via subsequent allotment list.

Withdrawal– A candidate can exercise ‘Withdrawal’ option in two ways. If any candidate attending CLAT counselling 2017 fails to deposit the requisite amount of counselling fees, he/ she will lose the chance to get admission in NLUs of his/ her choice as his/ her name will be dropped from the admission merit list and this is the first way to withdraw an NLU seat. Further, all the candidates who have been allotted NLUs will be offered a ‘Withdrawal’ option before the final seat allotment list, during fourth round of CLAT 2017 counselling. The candidates who wish to withdraw their candidature from the NLU admission process by the aforesaid date (refer CLAT 2017 counselling schedule given above) will be allowed to withdraw from the admissions and the deposited counselling fee will be transferred to their bank accounts after a deduction of Rs. 10,000 from that fee.

CLAT Counselling Process 2017 Explained

• Candidates will have to login to their respective CLAT 2017 accounts.

• Upon logging into their respective CLAT accounts, they will be able to view one of the NLUs allotted to them as per the first CLAT 2017 seat allotment list and counselling round I.

• The allotted NLU will be at par their merit list and preferred NLU as indicated by them during filling CLAT 2017 application form.

• Next they will have to deposit an amount of Rs. 50,000 as fee for CLAT 2017 counselling between the aforesaid dates (refer CLAT 2017 counselling scheduled above).

• Those who fail to deposit the fees in the stipulated time are liable to lose their allotted NLU seat, admission opportunity to NLU and CLAT 2017 candidature even as their names will be dropped from the CLAT merit list.

• After CLAT counselling fees have been deposited, the committee will issue second indicative seat allotment list mentioning the names who have locked their NLU seats and a list of candidates who are provisionally selected for the second round of CLAT 2017 counselling against the vacant seats made by the dropped out candidates of the first counselling round. This indicative list is for the CLAT Counselling Round II.

• The list will also indicate the candidates who have been upgraded/ shifted to a higher NLU arising out of the vacancy.

• The candidates who have been freshly added to the second indicative counselling list of CLAT 2017 will need to pay the counselling fees by a stipulated time limit (refer CLAT 2017 counselling scheduled above). However, those who have been upgraded need not to re-deposit the fee.

• Similar to the first seat allotment and CLAT counselling round I, candidates who fail to deposit the counselling fee within the time limit will forfeit their rights to be selected for NLU admissions and their names will be dropped from the merit list of CLAT 2017.

• The CLAT Committee will publish another list, i.e., the third indicative seat allotment list for CLAT Counselling Round III mentioning names of those who have upgraded to higher NLUs and offered fresh seats against the vacant ones arising due to non-submission of CLAT counselling fees.

• Similar to the first and second round of CLAT 2017 counselling, candidates allotted seats for the first time will have to deposit a counselling fee within the stipulated time duration (refer CLAT 2017 counselling scheduled above).

• Those who fail to deposit the CLAT 2017 counselling fee will be dropped out from the merit list of CLAT and their seats will be vacant for filling-up by the other candidates in the CLAT merit list.

• Before publishing fourth indicative list, the CLAT committee provides a withdrawal option to all those candidates who have been allotted NLUs in the previous CLAT counselling rounds.

• Those who wish to withdraw from CLAT 2017 admissions will need to exercise the ‘Withdrawal’ option after which an amount will be credited to their registered bank account after deducting Rs. 10,000 from deposited counselling fees. However, those who withdraw their allotted NLU seats after the last date of withdrawal will not be liable to receive any amount and it’ll result in forfeiture of the entire CLAT 2017 counselling fee.

• Further, the CLAT 2017 admission office will publish fourth and the last indicative list of CLAT counselling 2017 mentioning all those candidates who have been allotted NLUs for a final term.

• Candidates as per the final seat allotment list of CLAT 2017 counselling will have to deposit the entire fees at their respective allotted NLUs.

• The candidates are required to report at their respective NLUs with their relevant certificate/ documents required for the CLAT 2017 admission formalities.

• It must be noted that the candidates who do not meet CLAT eligibility criteria 2017 will not be offered admissions to NLUs even if they have been allotted a seat and their candidature will remain cancelled thereon. Further, no communication will be entertained in this regard.

• Such candidates will also automatically lose their candidature as well as CLAT counselling fee amount of Rs. 50,000 and can’t claim for that, under any circumstances.

FAQs on CLAT Counselling 2017

Question: What is the mode of CLAT 2017 counselling?
Answer: CLAT Counselling will be organised online.

Question: What is the fee for CLAT 2017 counselling?
Answer: Candidates attending counselling of CLAT 2017 will need to deposit a fee of Rs. 50,000 in any of the online payment options– Net Banking/ Debit Card/ Credit Card.

Question: How can I change my NLU preference during CLAT 2017 counselling?
Answer: Technically, you can’t change any of the NLU preferences that you have once allotted while filling CLAT application form 2017. However, if any seat gets vacant due to non-deposition of counselling fee and the preferred NLU is on the higher preference of your NLU choices and if you are in the merit list for that very NLU, your seats will be automatically upgrades/ shifted to that NLU.

Question: How can I get my CLAT 2017 counselling fee refunded if I don’t want to get admission in an NLU?
Answer: You will be given a ‘Withdrawal’ option before the publication of fourth seat allotment list during CLAT counselling 2017. Upon exercising that option within the stipulated time duration (refer CLAT 2017 counselling scheduled above), you will be refunded the balance amount of CLAT counselling fees after deduction of Rs. 10,000 from the deposited counselling fee.

Question: Will I be offered admission on the basis of domicile?
Answer: Yes, you can be offered admission on the basis of your domicile status. Find the list of NLUs participating in CLAT 2017 offering admissions on domicile.

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