confirmed, subject to successful completion of the steps mentioned in

Section XVIII above.

(B) Float:
Choosing the option “Float” means that the candidate accepts the offered
seat and indicates that, if admission to an academic program of higher
preference in any Institute is offered in subsequent rounds of seat allocation,
the candidate will accept it. Else, the candidate will continue with the
currently accepted academic program. Such candidates will be considered in
subsequent rounds of JoSAA 2025 (if any).
(C) Slide:
Choosing the option “Slide” means that the candidate accepts the offered
seat and indicates that, if admission to an academic program of higher
preference is offered within the same Institute in subsequent rounds of seat
allocation, the candidate will accept it. Such candidates will be considered in
subsequent rounds of JoSAA 2025 (if any).

For candidates who choose the float or slide option, allocation of a seat
in an academic program of the candidate’s higher preference would
automatically result in the replacement of the seat accepted by the candidate
in the earlier round. Such candidates are only required to accept or reject the
academic program of higher preference offered as a result of the float or
slide option. In case such candidate rejects or cancels the seat of higher
preference, offered as a result of float or slide, then the candidate would no
longer be entitled to any seat and would not be permitted to participate any
further in JoSAA 2025.

(Candidates are thus advised to fill in their list of choices carefully and
exercise the options of Freeze, Float and Slide even more carefully).

49. Slide and float options will be available to only those candidates who are
NOT offered admission to their first choice in their choice-list.

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 50. Slide and float options are NOT available in the last round of JoSAA 2025.
51. A candidate can change from float to slide/freeze and slide to freeze in the
online portal during all rounds of Seat Allocation EXCEPT the last round.
52. If a candidate opts Freeze against a seat, the option cannot be changed in the
subsequent rounds under any circumstances. Communication on this matter
shall NOT be entertained.
53. During the seat allotment period of a particular round of seat allocation, if
there is a change in the credentials of a candidate due to failure in producing
valid certificate of category GEN-EWS/OBC-NCL/PwD/DS/OCI/PIO or
state code of eligibility or declaration of gender and the allotted seat gets
cancelled, then the candidate will be considered for seat allocation in
subsequent round(s) (if any) as per the updated credentials. In such cases,
the candidate must report again online for accepting the freshly allocated
seat, if any.
(For IITs Only): If a foreign tag candidate fails to produce a valid proof of
foreign nationality (i.e. foreign passport or citizenship certificate) any
seat allocated to them will be cancelled. However, if they have a valid 10+2
or equivalent passing certificate from India or from abroad, such candidates
will be considered for seat allocation in the subsequent round(s) under GEN
category of seat allocation (if any) for IITs based on updated credentials,
provided they meet the eligibility conditions applicable to Indian
candidates, including satisfying the JEE (Main) 2025 cut-off marks for
qualifying for JEE (Advanced) 2025 in GEN category. Such a candidate
MUST submit a proof of Indian Nationality failing which the candidate will
be out of the seat allocation process for IITs.

XXI.REPORTING AT THE ADMITTING INSTITUTE

54. [For IITs] At the conclusion of joint seat allocation and seat acceptance,
candidates will have to report at the admitting institute, complete all the
admission formalities of the Institute including payment of Institute fees, get

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 the admission confirmed and begin the academic session. At the time of the
reporting at the admitting institute, all the certificates will be re-checked by
the admitting Institute and the admission will be cancelled if these fail to
meet the requirements as per the prevailing norms. Such a candidate having
already successfully accepted a seat in JoSAA 2025 would not be eligible for
appearing in JEE (Advanced) 2026.
[For NIT+ System] The physical reporting at admitting Institute will be done
after the completion of CSAB Special Rounds. At the time of reporting at the
admitting Institute, all the certificates will be re-checked by admitting
Institute and the admission will be cancelled if these fail to meet the
requirement as per the prevailing norms. Candidates allocated a seat in the
NIT+ System are advised to refer to the CSAB website (https://csab.nic.in)
for the schedule of Physical Reporting.

55. Additionally, (for IITs), at the time of reporting at the admitting institute,
biometric verification shall be done against the biometric data captured at the
time of the exam. The admission will be cancelled if any candidate fails the
biometric verification.

Reporting schedules and the mode of reporting at the admitting Institute will
be appropriately announced on the website https://josaa.nic.in.

XXII.REMITTANCE OF SEAT ACCEPTANCE FEE

56. For payment of seat acceptance fee, candidates should either use Net
Banking or Debit card or UPI or Credit card facilities available on JoSAA
portal or by cash by using e-challan of State Bank of India downloaded
through the JoSAA portal.

An e-challan is similar in purpose to a challan used in a bank to deposit cash.

It will have all the details filled in by the online portal and will have two
identical parts (i.e. the challan will be in duplicate). One copy will be

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 retained by the bank. Candidate retains another copy for candidate’s own
record. Using e-challan, candidates can physically pay the seat acceptance
fee in cash in any branch of State Bank of India.

Candidates can also avail the services of Grahak Seva Kendra (CSC Digital
Seva Kendra) which is an enabled way of payment under SBIePay Payment
Gateway. For this mode of payment, the candidate must visit a Grahak Seva
Kendra and complete the payment process.

It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure that the payment of seat

acceptance fee is successfully completed and the same is updated in the
JoSAA portal within the time allotted for the purpose in the round where the
seat is allocated.

Candidates are strongly advised to make the payment well within time,
as the seat may get cancelled due to non-payment of seat acceptance fee
within the stipulated time period. Such cancellation is not reversible and
no requests would be entertained, as the entire process is computerized.

57. Candidates have to remit seat acceptance fee only once in the round where
the candidate has been allotted a seat for the first time, unless the fee has
already been paid through the “pre-payment” option. Thus, candidates who
are allocated another seat in subsequent rounds of JoSAA 2025 (if any)
[because they chose the float or slide option] do NOT have to pay seat
acceptance fee again.

58. Seat acceptance fee, once paid, is not refundable. However, if a candidate
later validly withdraws from the seat allocation process, then the seat
acceptance fee paid will be refunded after deducting the JoSAA withdrawal
processing charges of Rs. 7000. If a candidate’s seat is cancelled due to not
meeting the eligibility criteria or due to unresolved discrepancy(ies) in the

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 uploaded document(s), then the seat acceptance fee paid will be refunded
after deducting the JoSAA processing charges of Rs. 5000.

XXIII.REMITTANCE OF PARTIAL ADMISSION FEE [For NIT+

System only]
59. At the end of the 6th round of JoSAA 2025, candidates having a
provisionally allocated seat (allocated in any round of JoSAA 2025 and
which has not been cancelled or withdrawn) in NIT+System are required to
pay the Partial Admission Fee (PAF) in addition to the Seat Acceptance
Fees from their JoSAA portal (Please see Annexure 3 for the timeline).
Non-payment of the partial admission fee will be treated as a rejection of
the offered/allocated seat. Candidates are thus strongly advised to be
vigilant and make the payment well within the stipulated time.

60. Partial Admission Fee (PAF): Rs. 20,000 for candidates with the category
tag SC, ST, GEN-PwD, GEN-EWS-PwD, OBC-NCL-PwD, SC-PwD or
ST-PwD, and Rs. 45,000 for all other candidates. The partial admission fee
will be adjusted against the Institute admission fee. Partial Admission Fee,
once paid, is not refundable.

61. For payment of PAF, candidates should either use Debit card or UPI or
Credit card or Net Banking facilities available on JoSAA portal or e-
challan of State Bank of India downloaded from the JoSAA portal for
making physical cash payment.

62. If a candidate fails to pay PAF (Please see Annexure 3 for the timeline),
the candidate will forfeit the provisionally allotted seat. The vacant seat
thus created will be made available to the candidates in CSAB 2025
Special rounds. In such cases, the Seat Acceptance Fee paid shall be
refunded to these candidates after deducting a withdrawal processing
charge of Rs. 7000.

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XXIV.WITHDRAW OPTION
63. A candidate, who has already accepted a seat in one of the IITs allotted by
JoSAA 2025, can withdraw the seat by reporting online and following the
steps contained in Clause 66 below. This option is available starting from
the 2nd round and up to the second last round of seat allocation, i.e. before
the last round of seat allocation [i.e. if JoSAA conducts a total of six rounds
of seat allocation, candidates can withdraw up until fifth round of seat
acceptance period end, i.e. till July 14, 2025 (17:00 Hrs. IST), but not
thereafter. Please see Annexure 3 for the timeline] only for IIT seats. For
NIT+ System, the candidate can withdraw the seat by reporting online and
following the steps contained in Clause 66 up to the final round of online
seat allocation.

64. If a candidate withdraws a seat, the candidate’s allotted seat will be cancelled
and offered to another candidate in a subsequent round of counselling. The
candidate withdrawing shall be excluded from the JoSAA process, which
means the candidate shall not be considered for subsequent rounds of seat
allocation (if any).

Seat acceptance fee will be refunded to these candidates after deducting

the withdrawal processing charges of Rs. 7000. Thus the candidate will
forfeit the eligibility for admissions to any of the institutes through JoSAA
2025.

65. There is no option of withdrawing an accepted/allotted seat after the

commencement of last round of seat allocation (for IITs only). There is no
spot round or special round for IITs. Special Rounds for vacant seats (if any)
of NIT+System are not offered through JoSAA 2025. Candidates are advised
to visit the CSAB official website (https://csab.nic.in) for information on the
Special Rounds for the NIT+ System.

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66. The following is the process for withdrawal of an accepted / allotted seat:
Step 1: The candidate must login to the JoSAA portal and submit a request
for withdrawal by submitting a duly signed declaration form
(Annexure 8), within the timelines given in Annexure 3.
Step 2: An OTP will be sent to the candidate’s mobile number and email
ID. The candidate shall use this OTP to confirm that the candidate
wants to withdraw from seat allocation process. The candidate also
confirms that this would result in cancellation of allocated seat and
will not be considered for subsequent rounds of seat allocation (if
any).
Step 3: The uploaded document in Step 1 will be verified by the reporting
officer. Based on the verification, one of the following scenarios will
happen:
1. Reporting officer will accept the request. The candidate’s
withdrawal request is accepted.
2. Reporting officer will reject the request based on the uploaded
documentation and/or query response (see below). The
candidate’s withdrawal request is rejected.
3. Reporting officer raises a query to obtain additional documentation
and/or to re-confirm that the candidate is interested to withdraw.
The candidate will be required to respond to the query before the
end of the query response period (see Annexure 3). Reporting
officer will either accept or reject based on the query response,
or raise another query, and the above process will be repeated.
• The candidate can see the approved/rejected status of the withdrawal
request on the JoSAA portal and download the approval/rejection letter. If
the withdrawal application is rejected, the candidate can submit the request
again before the end of the fifth round of counselling with proper
documentation.

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 • The candidate will have the option to cancel a submitted withdrawal
request through the online JoSAA portal, if they wish to do so, but only
before the request is accepted by the reporting officer. An OTP will be sent
to the candidate’s mobile number and email ID, for cancelling the
withdrawal request. The candidate shall use this OTP to confirm that
she/he wants to cancel the withdrawal request from seat allocation process.

(Candidates are advised to keep their login credentials, i.e. login Id and
password, strictly confidential to avoid any misuse).

67. The CSAB 2025 special vacant seat filling round(s) (including CSAB
supernumerary counselling) will be conducted after the end of JoSAA 2025
through CSAB 2025 website, https://csab.nic.in and in accordance with the
rules set out therein. Candidates seeking information/assistance from any
agency / agent other than CSAB 2025 shall be doing so at their own risk and
cost.

XXV.EXIT OPTION FROM SEAT ALLOCATION PROCESS

68. A candidate, who has NOT been allotted a seat in JoSAA 2025, can EXIT
from the seat allocation process through the JoSAA portal starting from the
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2 round and up to the second last round of seat allocation, i.e. before the
last round of seat allocation. Since JoSAA 2025 conducts a total of six
rounds of seat allocation, candidates can exit until and including the fifth
round of seat acceptance period. Please see Annexure 3 for the timeline.
Thus, the candidate will forfeit the eligibility for admission to any of the
institutes through JoSAA 2025.

69. Candidates who have exercised exit option will NOT be considered for
subsequent rounds of seat allotment (if any). Thus, the candidate will forfeit
the eligibility for admissions to any of the institutes through JoSAA 2025.

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