The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006
5. Mandatory increase
of seats. –
1.
Notwithstanding
anything contained in clause (iii) of section 3 and in any other law for the
time being in force, every Central Educational Institution shall, with the
prior approval of the appropriate authority, increase the number of seats in a
branch of study or faculty over and above its annual permitted strength so that
the number of seats, excluding those reserved for the persons belonging to the
Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the Other Backward Classes, is not
less than the number of such seats available for the academic session
immediately preceding the date of the coming into force of this Act.
2.
Where,
on a representation by any Central Educational Institution, the Central
Government, in consultation with the appropriate authority, is satisfied that
for reasons of financial, physical or academic limitations or in order to
maintain the standards of education, the annual permitted strength in any
branch of study or faculty of such institution cannot be increased for the
academic session following the commencement of this Act, it may permit by
notification in the Official Gazette, such institution to increase the annual
permitted strength over a maximum period of three years beginning with the
academic session following the commencement of this Act; and then, the extent
of reservation for the Other Backward Classes as provided in clause (iii) of
section 3 shall be limited for that academic session in such manner that the
number of seats available to the Other Backward Classes for each academic
session are commensurate with the increase in the permitted strength for each
year.