Mumbai: The state’s CET Cell has withdrawn its decision to increase the seat acceptance fee for engineering admissions for the current academic year following objections from student organisations. They said the higher fee would be an additional financial burden on students, especially those from rural areas.Students will continue to pay the existing seat acceptance fee of Rs 1,000, as was the case until last year.Under the revised rule, students were to pay Rs 1,000 while accepting a seat for the first time, Rs 2,000 if they opted for a betterment, and Rs 3,000 if they accepted an upgrade in the third round. The increase in seat acceptance fees was to ensure that students do not block the seats in all rounds. Last year, around 35,000 seats were blocked by students till the last admission round.
