Office of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations (CEE), Kerala has invited options for the Online Stray Vacancy Allotment to the vacant seats in Post Graduate Dental Courses-2024 in Dental Colleges in the State.

This allotment will be conducted to fill up the currently available vacant seats and vacancies arising, if any. 

The net vacant seats due to Un-allotted/Non joining of third phase has been published at www.cee.kerala.gov.in. Candidate shall register options to any seats they wish to join, if allotted, irrespective of the vacancy status notified, as any vacancy that may arise during the counseling will be filled based on these options. 

Eligible candidates included in the Rank list published by the CEE can register their options through the website www.cee.kerala.gov.in up to 11.59 pm on 08.09.2024.

Candidates may enter their Application Number & Password in the link ‘PG Dental 2024 Candidate Portal’ provided in the above website to log on to their home page. By clicking the menu ‘Stray Vacancy Registration’ candidates can register their options. 

Candidates who get allotment must join the allotted colleges by paying the fees to the allotted college. 

Provisional Stray Vacancy Allotment will be published on 09.09.2024 and the Final Stray Vacancy Allotment will be published on 10.09.2024.

All candidates who get an allotment should join the course and college to which they are allotted along with the required documents and pay the fee at the colleges during 11.09.2024 and 10 am on 14.09.2024.

There will be fresh option registration for stray vacancy filling. 

Candidates who have (i) vacated the seat after 4 pm on 23.08.2024 (ii) been included in the list of allotted/admitted candidates shared by the MCC after the third round allotment (iii) joined the allotted seat in the third phase allotment (iv) joined the allotted seat in the first and second phase and still continuing (v) been allotted seats in the third phase (vi) been allotted/ joined/holding a seat in the All India Quota/Deemed/Central University seats at the time of stray vacancy filling etc; are not eligible for participating in the stray vacancy filling round.

Registration Fee: There will be separate Registration fee for stray vacancy counselling. The registration fee amounting to the annual tuition fee of the seat opted, if opted only for government seats, or an amount of Rs.1,00,000/-, if opted also for private self-financing colleges will be the registration fee. Those candidates who have paid any Registration fee to the CEE during previous rounds of counselling, but not allotted any seat, have to pay the balance amount, if any, as Stray Vacancy Registration fee. 

Those who got allotment in the first and second round but not joined and those who vacated the seat in the first and second round allotments have to pay registration fee afresh as mentioned above. For SC/ST/OEC and other eligible candidates having fee concession, the registration fee will be half of the above amounts respectively. The registration fee paid for stray vacancy allotment will be adjusted in the fee of the course, if the candidates gets an allotment or else will be refunded after the end of counselling. The registration fee paid for stray vacancy phase of those candidates who do not join the seat allotted in stray vacancy filling allotment will be treated as penalty and will not be refunded. 

Candidates who belong to SC/ST/OEC/Children of Fisherman/Inmates of Sri Chithra home, Nirbhaya home, Juvenile home are exempted from payment of fees. 

If any candidate (including SC/ST/OEC Student) discontinue the PG Dental course after stray vacancy counselling, he/she will have to pay liquidated damages as stipulated in prospectus clause 19.5. If a service candidate discontinues the PG Dental course after the stray vacancy counselling, he/she will have to pay liquidated damages as per clause 11.5. 

Details are available at www.cee.kerala.gov.in

Helpline number: 0471- 2525300