LLB entrance exam in Maharashtra advanced by a day as NTA takes over centres

MUMBAI: The three-year LLB CET in Maharashtra, which was earlier scheduled to be held on May 3 and 4, will now be conducted on May 2 and 3. This change comes after nearly 30 govt exam centres were taken by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for the conduct of NEET-UG on May 4. While the two slots scheduled on May 3 will remain unchanged, three slots, which were to be held on May 4 for around 57,000 students, will now be conducted on May 2. All LLB three-year programme aspirants have been asked to follow the schedule mentioned on their admit cards, which were released on Monday.
The admit cards have been issued with the revised schedule, said the state’s CET cell commissioner, Dileep Sardesai. Students have been informed about the revised schedule through WhatsApp, text messages, and emails, and the same has also been uploaded as a public notice on the CET cell portal, he said.
The NEET-UG exam is scheduled for May 4 across the country. In the state, at least 28 govt centres that were to be used by the CET cell for the law entrance test were taken by NTA, said the official. Around 9,000 law aspirants were scheduled to take the exam from these 28 centres. However, NTA decided to use only govt buildings for the NEET-UG exam following a central directive. The CET cell could not postpone the LLB entrance test as centres were not available, and other dates would have clashed with the state’s universities’ exams. Further delay would have also affected the results and the law admission process in the state, said Sardesai.