Lateral entry

Generally, there are no restrictions at all but it depends on a particular college or it depends on you only that what you have done after completing the job. If you were working after that, it means you have a work experience so the college will not get affected by it. But you can't get lateral entry due to time gap. If you have dropped 2-3 years, you may get a lateral entry but in this case, you can't get admission via lateral entry. You can take admission to B.Tech in any branch provided you have all therequired documents.

Hello Souvik,
The number of seats available for lateral entry is actually not fixed. It depends on many dynamic factors. But roughly it can be as 10% of the authorised intake in that particular stream in that college.

Hello Mahesh,
Unfortunately, no authentic information is available anywhere about the cut-offs for lateral entry.

It's 85% for the open category.

Hello Deepak,
The principal aim of lateral entry is to save on one year before getting graduation degree. But B.Tech with evening classes does not fit into this since it takes more time in any case than normal B.Tech. However, I would advise you to approach your intended college administration for clarification.