NCHMCT JEE Counselling 2025 (OUT): 3rd Seat Allotment (OUT), Document Verification, Choice Filling

Through centralised online counselling of NCHMCT JEE 2025, seats in 21 Central Institutes of Hotel Management, 27 State Government Institutes of Hotel Management, 01 Public Sector Undertaking and 29 Private Institutes of Hotel Management will be allotted to shortlisted candidates.

Candidates are informed that admission to the BSc Hospitality and Hotel Administration course will be done strictly based on a candidate’s All India Rank (AIR) in NCHMCT JEE. There is no separate group discussion or interview round conducted for admissions. On the basis of the candidate's rank and minimum qualifying marks, NCHMCT JEE cut-offs are prepared.

Candidates can check below the steps to check the NCHMCt JEE 2025 seat allotment result:

Step 1: Visit the official website of NCHMCT JEE 2025 counselling 

Step 2: Click on ‘Seat allotment result for BSc (HHA)’ tab

Step 3: Enter NCHMCT JEE 2025 roll number, password and security pin

Step 4: Click on the ‘Sign In’ button

Step 5: View NCHMCT JEE 2025 final seat allotment result

Candidates can go through the steps mentioned below to get an idea of how they can register for counselling process for NCHMCT JEE 2025 admissions:

• Visit the official website of NCHMCT JEE Counselling: nchmcounselling.nic.in 
• Click on ‘NCHM 2025: Registration and Choice Filling’
• Click on ‘New Candidate Registration
• Select ‘I Agree
• Enter roll number, application number, candidate name, father name, date of birth, security pin
• Click on the ‘Submit’ button
• Complete NCHMCT JEE choice filling
• Click on the ‘Submit’ button

After the NCHMCT JEE 2025 results, candidates were allotted a rank. On the basis of the rank candidates will be called for NCHMCT JEE counselling. NCHMCT JEE counselling process will have four rounds. The first three rounds of counselling are web-based whereas the fourth round is called Spot Round wherein aspirants need to physically appear at the counselling centre allotted to them.

Aspirants have to register for NCHMCT JEE 2025 counselling on the official counselling website of the exam. The categories under which aspirants can apply for NCHMCT JEE 2025 counselling are mentioned below:

Some of the documents that aspirants should positively carry at the time of counselling for NCHMCT JEE 2025 exam are as mentioned below:

1. Certificate informing that the aspirant has cleared Class 12 level examination such as:

• Plus two level examination in the 10+2 pattern of Senior Secondary education of any recognized Central/State Board, such as Central Board of Secondary Education and Council for Indian School Certificate Examination or State Boards of Secondary Education.
• Intermediate or two-year Pre-University Examination conducted by a recognised Board/ University.
• General Certificate Education (GCE) Examination (London/Cambridge/Sri Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level.
• High School Certificate Examination of Cambridge University.
• Any Public School/Board/University Examination in India or in a foreign country recognised by the Association of Indian Universities as equivalent to 10+2 pattern of Senior Secondary education.
• HSC Vocational Examination approved by NCVT and SCVT of the concerned state.
• Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Open School with a minimum of five subjects including English as one of the Subjects, result of which should be available.

2. Document supporting reservation claim (Category certificate/ PwD certificate/ KM certificate)
3. Class 10/ date of birth certificate
4. NCHMCT JEE 2025 admit card
5. NCHMCT JEE 2025 result/scorecard
6. NCHMCT JEE 2025 application form
7. Medical Certificate

The categories under which aspirants can apply for NCHMCT JEE 2025 counselling are mentioned below:

In the counselling round for NCHMCT JEE, candidates need to select their college preference after going through the information provided by the respective college on their official websites. However, aspirants need to note that the college for admission will be allotted to them on the basis of their AIR, that is, merit and the college selected by them at the time of counselling.

There are two rounds of counselling for admissions on the basis of NCHMCT JEE ranks. These are:

• First Round of Counselling
• Second Round of Counselling

The first two rounds of NCHMCT JEE 2025 counselling process are web-based/online. If the need arises the third round of counselling may also be conducted which will be called Spot round or third round of counselling. For this, students need to physically appear at the admission centre to take part and complete the counselling process.

The tasks performed at the time of NCHMCT JEE counselling 2025 include:

1. Checking the eligibility of candidates
2. Verification of documents
3. Depositing counselling fee and first-semester fee
4. Selecting colleges as per preference

Note: Elaborating on how to select preferred college at the time of counselling, the official information brochure states: “Candidates should give as many choices after careful evaluation of Institutes based on information available on their respective websites”.

After aspirants have selected their college preference, they have to fill the names of colleges as per their preference and also keep in mind the colleges that are available to them for admission on the basis of their rank in NCHMCT JEE 2025 and lock the same. This college preference list/choice list will be valid for two rounds of counselling. Also, after students are allotted admission (or a seat) in a specific college on the basis of online counselling then they have to appear (physically) at a designated admission centre in order to complete the admission process. The tasks to be completed at the admission centre include:

• Verification of documents
• Submission of initial fee
• Upgradation of choices
• Collection of provisional admission/seat allotment letters

Also, no hard copy of the allotment letter would be sent to any aspirant. All aspirants need to take a print of the online allotment letter itself. While taking part in the first two rounds of NCHMCT JEE counselling, aspirants are provided with two options which are- Float and Freeze. If an aspirant selects the "float" option then this means that he/she is applying for upgradation. On the other hand, the "freeze" option implies no upgradation. Informing about the same the official website of NCHMCT JEE counselling informs: "Those candidates who have opted for “Float” option, are also required to sign a declaration that in the event of allotment of a new seat in the 2^nd round, their earlier allotted seat would be automatically cancelled and the cancelled seat would be offered to the candidate next in the merit who might have sought that seat through his/her earlier submitted choices". Elaborating further, "In case the candidates have exercised option “Freeze” (for no-upgradation), then he/she would not be considered for seat allotment in the 2^nd round of Counselling. However, such candidates will be considered for category upgradation against the same allotted seat".

When appearing for the counselling round, candidates need to pay a registration fee of INR 2,000. This fees is non refundable. Other then that, candidates will also have to pay INR 40,000 as the participation fess. The amount of INR 40,000 is adjusted as the academic fee for the first semester of the hotel management course. This amount includes INR 2,000 which is the counselling fee. 

There is another option available to students to secure admission in any of the Institutes of Hotel Management (IHMs) and here they do not even need to take part in the NCHMCT JEE counselling process.

In each IHM, three seats are reserved for rank holders of 10+2 exams. Further, it has been shared that among these, one seat (each) is reserved for Arts, Commerce and Science stream toppers of 10+2 exams.

However, the condition to avail direct admissions in IHMs is that the student should be among the top "200 rank holders from respective streams from recognised Boards of school examination wherein up to 2 lakh candidates appear or 1 to 500 rank holders from Board of Examination where 2 lakh to 5 lakh candidates take the examination. The inter-se-merit from recognised School Boards of the examination shall be at par”, informs the official website.

Aspirants can withdraw admissions even after they have been allotted seats for admission in round 1 and round 2 of NCHMCT JEE 2025 counselling. The fee refund policy is as follows:

Aspirants can seek a refund for the first-semester fee paid by them. However, the counselling fee paid by them (INR 2,000) will not be refunded. The refund of fee will be done by means of a Demand Draft (DD) that is drawn in favour of the candidate’s name within 45 days of the commencement of the academic session. This DD will be sent by Speed Post to the registered address of the candidate (that is, the address mentioned in the NCHMCT JEE application form).