CSAB Special Round Counseling 2024 Explained: Key Dates, How to Register, Choice Filling, and Seat Allotment Details

CSAB Special Round Counseling 2024 facilitates the admission of students to various engineering colleges and courses in India. The CSAB Special Round registrations will remain open between Jul 31 to Aug 02, 2024, on the official website- csab.nic.in. Candidates can proceed with the online application for category restoration from Jul 26, 2024.

The Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) conducts a special round to fill the vacant seats after the JoSAA Round 5 cutoff has been announced. This year, the special round is being conducted by NIT Surathkal. It will ensure admission to NITs, IIEST, IIITs, SPAs, and other GFTIs commonly called the NIT+ system.

Students applying for the CSAB Special Rounds must complete a fresh registration process online. The CSAB Special Round registration process 2024 is different from the JoSAA rounds. Once the CSAB counseling results are released, each candidate can choose to either Freeze, Slide, Float, Surrender, Withdraw, or Exit. Students who have appeared in the JoSAA rounds are also eligible for the CSAB 2024 Special rounds depending on the choice filled in during the last round.

The following article provides in-depth knowledge about the CSAB process, important dates, registration procedures, choice filling, and seat allotment guidelines.

Table of Contents

• CSAB Special Round Counseling Dates 2024
• CSAB Registration 2024
• Eligibility
• Counseling Process
• Fee
• CSAB Special Round Seat Allotment
• Willingness of Choice
• Institute Admission Fee-II
• Online Document Verification
• CSAB Counseling Grievance Redressal

CSAB Special Round Counseling Important Dates 2024

The authorities have published the CSAB 2024 schedule. All events adhere to the schedule however dates may be changed in the event of an unavoidable circumstance. Candidates are advised to check the official website regularly in case of any such changes. The important dates according to the official schedule released by CSAB for Special Round Counseling are given below:

CSAB Registration 2024

A part of the Central Seat Allocation Board’s (CSAB) function is to conduct two special rounds, post-completion of JoSAA rounds to admit students to the vacant seats in the NIT+ System (excluding all IITs). This process begins with the candidates completing the category restoration. During the JoSAA counseling 2024 documentation process, if a student’s category was changed from OBC-NCL/GEN-EWS/SC/ST to GEN due to invalid category certificates, they can raise a category restoration request and submit the valid certificates.

A detailed account of the CSAB Counseling 2024, registration process, choice filling, and seat allotment are given below.

CSAB Special Round Eligibility

Candidates applying for the CSAB special round counseling must meet some eligibility criteria in addition to having completed class 12th and holding a valid JEE Main score. Failing to meet the eligibility criteria may result in the cancellation of candidature for the current CSAB seat allotment round.

CSAB Special Round Counseling Process

As stated before, the CSAB Special round registrations are made freshly on the official website. The JOSAA 2024 registrations are not applicable for the Special Rounds. An overview of the Special round registration process and CSAB choice filling is given below:

• Step 1: Go to the official website.
• Step 2: Register using personal details.
• Step 3: Pay the Special Round Enrolment Fee (SERF). (IAF-I + SAPF)
  Step 4: Complete the online choice filling and lock the choices.

Once the CSAB Special round results are announced, the following steps must be completed at the earliest:

• Step 1: Exercise the willingness option.
• Step 2: Upload the relevant documents.
• Step 3: Pay Institute Admission Fee (IAF-II).
• Step 4: Complete online reporting and document verification.

After completing the document verification, the students must report to the allotted institute for further admission steps.

CSAB Counseling Fee

Students applying for the special rounds must deposit the Special Round Enrolment Fee (SERF) to ensure further processing of their applications. This sum includes the Institute Admission Fee (IAF-I) and the Special Round Processing Fee (SRPF). The CSAB SERF payment can be made using Net Banking / Debit card / Credit card or SBI e-challan.

The category-wise CSAB Special Round fees is tabulated below:

Note: Candidates from Type 6 to 9 will receive an adjusted amount of the Seat Allotment Fee, as they would have paid the SAF during JoSAA 2024.

Candidates applying for category restoration, who haven’t paid the PAF, will have to pay a sum of INR 17,500. For more details refer to the information brochure given on the official website.

CSAB Special Round Seat Allotment

All candidates registering for the CSAB counseling 2024 must enter their fresh preferences for each round. Any choices made during the JoSAA 2024 rounds do not apply to these rounds. After the fee payment, the students are presented with a list of programs (depending on eligibility and scores) offered at the NIT+ System and they must fill in their choices accordingly. 

CSAB Counseling Willingness of Choice

As soon as the CSAB Counseling results are out the candidates must proceed with exercising their willingness of choice. This entails accepting or rejecting the seat allotted to the student. The choices available during the CSAB-2024 schedule include:

Submission of IAF-II

Candidates opting for Freeze/Slide/ Float who have submitted the relevant documents must pay the Institute Admission Fee (IAF- II) to be eligible for admission/appearing in the other rounds. The CASB IAF-II fee payment can be made using Net Banking / Debit card / Credit card or SBI e-challan.

The category-wise IAF-II amount is tabulated below:

Reporting and Document Verification

The entire CSAB counseling documentation and verification is conducted online through the official portal. After the candidates have filled in their choice, and paid the fees, they must proceed with the online reporting and document verification to be eligible for final admission.

As per the CSAB schedule 2024, the candidates who have opted for the Freeze/Slide/ Float will be verified online by the officials at the Verification Center. It is important to note that online document verification is applicable for students who were verified and unverified during the JoSAA rounds. 

Note: Candidates with a JoSAA 2024 allotted seat appearing in the CSAB Special Round counseling, who do not opt for any choice will be automatically moved to Round 2 with the Float option. They must complete the document verification during the Special Round 2 dates to avoid cancellation of candidature.

As a part of the CSAB online verification, the officials might raise some queries. The candidates are advised to resolve the queries in the given timeframe (check the CSAB 2024 schedule) to avoid cancellation of candidature or delay in the admission process.

There may be other causes of cancellation of seat allotment or candidature, these are:

• If a candidate opts for “Surrender” in CSAB Round 1 their allotted seat will be canceled and they will be moved to Round 2.
• If a candidate opts for “Withdraw” in CSAB Round 1, the allotted and retained seat will be canceled and they will not be eligible for Round 2.
•  If a candidate appearing in Special Round 1 does not fill in any choice/selects a choice but does not pay the IAF/selects a choice and pays the IAF-II amount but does not resolve the documentation queries, then his//her candidature will be canceled.

Candidates appearing in the CSAB Special Round must follow the same procedure as given for Special Round 1. As CSAB Round 2 concludes, the students are instructed to proceed with the physical verification at the allotted institute and finalize the admission formalities.

The CSAB 2024 Special Round allocation is done in 2 rounds and the entire process is conducted online. All updates, communication, and result declarations are made on the online portal. Therefore, students are advised to keep their login credentials safe and regularly check the portal, per the CSAB schedule 2024 to keep abreast with the process.

CSAB Counseling Grievance Redressal

For more queries on the CSAB 2024 Special Round process, the students can contact NIT Surathkal, the organizing institute, between 9 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 8 pm. The contact details are given below: