CLAT Counselling 2019 – National Law University Odisha, Cuttack will conduct CLAT 2019 Counselling by the first week of June 2019. Candidates will be required to attend the counselling of CLAT 2019 in online mode. Candidates whose name will feature in the merit list of CLAT 2019, will be issued call letters to attend the CLAT Counselling 2019 as a medium to seek admissions into 20 NLUs participating in the Common Law Admission Test. There will be a number of processes included in the counselling of CLAT 2019 namely – online registration, making choice of NLU, allotment of seats in NLUs and payment of CLAT Counselling fee, upgrading of seats and then reporting to the alloted NLUs. It is advised to all the candidates to read and understand the counselling procedure to avoid confusion while attending the CLAT 2019 Counselling. As per the previous year’s brochure, CLAT Counselling 2019 will now be held in three rounds instead of four rounds. For more information allotment of seats, payment of counselling fee, and withdrawal of seats, candidates need to read the complete article given below.
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To get an idea of the schedule of counselling, candidates need to take a look at the CLAT 2019 Counselling Schedule given here -
Events | Dates* |
Publication of first list for CLAT counselling 2019 | Second week of June 2019 |
Payment of fees for Round I | Second week of June 2019 |
Choice locking for allotted seats for Counselling Round I begins | Second week of June 2019 |
Payment of fees for CLAT Counselling Round I ends | Third week of June 2019 |
Choice locking for allotted seats for Counselling Round I ends | Third week of June 2019 |
Publication of revised results of CLAT 2019 | Third week of June 2019 |
Publication of second list for CLAT counselling 2019 | Third week of June 2019 |
Payment of fees for CLAT Counselling Round II begins | Third week of June 2019 |
Choice locking for allotted seats for Counselling Round II begins/ Exercising option for shifting seats begins | Third week of June 2019 |
Payment of fees for CLAT Counselling Round II ends | Third week of June 2019 |
Choice locking for allotted seats for Counselling Round II ends/ Exercising option for shifting seats ends | Third week of June 2019 |
Last date for withdrawal from counselling of CLAT (admission process) | Last week of June 2019 |
Publication of third list for CLAT counselling 2019 | Last week of June 2019 |
Payment of fees for CLAT Counselling Round III begins | Last week of June 2019 |
Choice locking for allotted seats for Counselling Round III begins | Last week of June 2019 |
Payment of fees for CLAT Counselling Round III ends | Last week of June 2019 |
Choice locking for allotted seats for Counselling Round III ends | Last week of June 2019 |
Complete entire admission formalities by every candidate at the allotted NLUs | Last week of June 2019 |
Receiving status of admissions from participating NLUs in CLAT office | First week of July 2019 |
Closure of CLAT 2019 admission office | First week of July 2019 |
*Tentative dates; Subject to change
How to attend CLAT Counselling 2019
Test-takers of CLAT 2019 who have been issued call letters need to attend the CLAT 2019 Counselling by the following the steps mentioned below -
Click on the link of CLAT 2019 Counselling as given below
In the given space enter the registration id and password
After that click on ‘Counselling’ tab
An indicative seat allotment list will open
Candidates whose name feature in the allotment list released will be required to pay an amount as counselling fee
Exercise ‘Seat Lock’ option given against the allotted NLU
Then save a copy of the allotment list for future references.
To participate CLAT 2019 Counselling - Click here (Link will be activated by the first week of June 2019)
CLAT Counselling 2019 – Documents required
Candidates need to carry the documents mentioned below at the time of attending the CLAT 2019 Counselling -
CLAT Application Form 2019
CLAT Admit Card 2019
CLAT Scorecard 2019
Marksheets of 10th and 12th
Specially-abled certificate (If applicable)
Caste certificate (If applicable)
NRI Certificate (If applicable)
Domicile Certificate (If applicable)
Sponsored NRI Certificate (If applicable)
CLAT Counselling 2019 – Lock, Upgrade and Withdrawal of seats
Lock – In this options candidates are given an opportunity to lock the seat they have been offered confirming the seat and debarring to shift their choice to any other NLU in the current counselling round. This is an option which is activated every counselling round after the publication of indicative seat allotment list.
Upgrade/Shift – This is an option which is made open to the candidates in the second round of counselling. Also, this option is applicable to only those candidates who have participated in the first round and not yet locked their seats. Here, the seats are offered to the candidates automatically against any vacancy arising in the preferred NLU through his/ her choice via subsequent allotment list.
Withdrawal – This option can be exercised by the candidates in two ways - If any candidate attending counselling of CLAT 2019 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, this can be done intentionally or can happen by mistake. Further, all the candidates who have been allotted NLUs will be offered a ‘Withdrawal’ option before the final seat allotment list, during the third round of counselling. The candidates who wish to withdraw their candidature from the NLU admission process by the said date will be allowed to withdraw from the admissions and their deposited counselling fee will be transferred to their bank accounts after a deduction of Rs. 10,000 from deposited counselling fee.
CLAT Counselling 2019 – Complete process
Firstly, candidates will be required to login to their respective CLAT 2019 accounts.
After logging into the respective CLAT accounts, a new page will open with the view of the NLUs allotted to them as per the first CLAT 2019 seat allotment list and Counselling Round I.
The allotted NLU will be as per their merit list and preferred NLU as indicated by them during filling CLAT application form 2019.
Then they will have to deposit an amount of Rs. 50,000 as fee for CLAT 2019 counselling between the said dates.
Those who fail to deposit the fees in the stipulated time may lose their allotted NLU seat, admission opportunity to NLU and CLAT 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 counselling 2019 against the vacant seats made by the dropped out candidates of the first counselling round. This indicative list will be for the CLAT Counselling Round II.
The list will also indicate the candidates who have been upgraded/ shifted to a higher NLU as per the vacancy.
The candidates whose name have been freshly added to the second indicative counselling list of CLAT 2019, will need to pay the counselling fees by a stipulated time limit. 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 2019.
Before publishing third indicative list, the CLAT committee will provide an option of withdrawal to all those candidates who have been allotted NLUs in the previous CLAT counselling rounds.
Those who wish to withdraw from CLAT 2019 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 2019 counselling fee.
Also, the CLAT 2019 admission office will publish the third and the last indicative list of CLAT counselling 2019 mentioning all those candidates who have been allotted NLUs for a final term.
Candidates as per the final seat allotment list of CLAT 2019 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 2019 admission formalities.
It must be noted that the candidates who do not meet CLAT eligibility criteria 2019 will not be offered admissions to NLUs and no communication will be further entertained in this regard.
Those 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. So, it is always advisable to read the eligibility criteria of CLAT 2019 before proceeding to any step of admission.
CLAT Counselling 2019 - Important Instructions
NLUO Cuttack will conduct CLAT 2019 Counselling by the first week of June 2019.
The conducting body will conduct the counselling of CLAT 2019 in online mode.
Candidates will be required to submit all the original documents which will be returned after scrutinizing.
Candidates will be issued call letters to attend the CLAT 2019 Counselling.
Candidates will be required to deposit a counselling fee of Rs. 50,000 to show their interest and seriousness towards CLAT counselling 2019.
