HYDERABAD:The schedule of common entrance tests for admissions to graduate and post- graduate courses in law in Telangana was announced by the Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) here on Sunday.
The TSCHE had already announced the dates for conduct of various CETs. On Sunday, it released the schedule of the entrance test for admissions to LL.B and LL.Mcourses, that are TSLAWCET and TSPGLCET respectively, which will be held on the same day, ie May 19. The results will be announced on June 5.
Kakatiya University, which will conduct the tests this year, has decided on the same schedule for the two tests. Though they will be held on the same day, they have been allotted different sessions. LAWCET will be held from 10 am to 11.30 am and PGLCET from 2.30 pm to 4 pm.
TSCHE chairman T Papi Reddy said the notification for both the CETs will be issued on March 5 and candidates can start submitting their online applications from March 8. The council and CET committee have decided to retain the existing registration fee structure for application forms _ which is Rs 250 for LL.B and Rs 500 for LL.M entrance tests.
“Irrespective of the number of applications, we have decided to keep the registration fee same as in the previous year,” said K Veera Reddy, vice-chancellor of Kakatiya University and chairman of LAWCET Committee.
The CET committee has introduced four new examination centres apart from the existing five centres in Telangana. Thus, there will be nine centres now in the state covering all the districts.
LAWCET will be held in Adilabad, Karimnagar, Warangal, Mahbubnagar, Siddipet, Khammam, Nalgonda, Nizamabad and Hyderabad, but PGLCET will be held only in Hyderabad and Warangal. Currently, there are 2,670 seats available in the undergraduate law courses and 550 seats in the PG courses. Officials expect around 18,000 applications from both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Though the number of applications has declined marginally in the past few years, officials expect a rise in the number now in view of state’s bifurcation.
TSCHE clarified that students from Andhra Pradesh can appear for TSLAWCET and TSPGLCET but they are eligible only for 15 pc seats under non-local category. There is no examination centre in AP.