CSAB Counseling 2025 – Registration START Date, Step-wise Process, Fees, Seat Allotment

CSAB Counseling 2025 – The counseling process for CSAB 2025 is conducted by the Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB). CSAB Counseling is for JEE Main 2025 qualified candidates who fail to get allotment during JoSAA counseling.

The seat allocation through CSAB counseling 2025 will be done through THREE channels:

1. CSAB Special
2. CSAB NEUT
3. CSAB Supernumerary

CSAB 2025 counseling (DASA and CSAB-Special Rounds) will be conducted once the JoSAA counseling process concludes. The counseling dates will be released on CSAB 2025 counseling portal – csab.nic.in.

The CSAB NEUT 2025 counseling registration was conducted from June 23-30, 2025. The CSAB 2025 (NEUT) seat allotment for Round I was released on July 15.

The counseling for CSAB 2025 will include steps like registration, choice filling, editing of web options, document verification, and seat allotment. Importantly, CSAB seat allotment will be based on JEE Main 2025 scores only.

Latest Updates:

• Round 1 Seat Allocation Result of NEUT-2025 has been published – Download Here
• JEE Main 2025 Cut-off – Check Opening & Closing Ranks (Released)

CSAB Counseling 2025 – Key Highlights

CSAB Special Counseling Eligibility 2025

Admission officials will release the eligibility criteria for CSAB 2025 in the information brochure.

Candidates who participate in JoSAA 2025 counseling for NIT+System will be eligible to participate in the CSAB special round.

The CSAB 2025 eligibility criteria are mentioned below.

• Type-1 – Candidates who meet JoSAA eligibility criteria but didn’t participate are eligible to participate in CSAB.
• Type-2 – Candidates who registered for JoSSA but weren’t allotted a seat 
• Type-3 –The candidate is allotted a seat during JoSAA counseling but didn’t confirm it by paying the seat-acceptance fee.
• Type-4 –Candidates who have exercised the exit option during JoSAA 2025.
• Type-5 –Candidates who have participated in JoSAA-2025 and have been allotted seats in IIT or NIT+System and later:
  • their seats have been CANCELED after document verification, OR 
  • they have WITHDRAWN from their allotted seats, OR 
  • they have taken admission therein
• Type-6 –Candidates who have participated in JoSAA 2025 and have been allotted seats in NIT+ System and have already SECURED ADMISSION at the allotted institute by paying the Seat Acceptance Fee (SAF) and Partial Admission Fee (PAF).
• Type-7 –Candidates who have participated in JoSAA-2025 and have been allotted seats in NIT+ system and later they have WITHDRAWN from their allotted seats. 
• Type-8 –Candidates who have participated in JoSAA-2025 and have been allotted seats in NIT+ System but later their seats have been CANCELED after document verification and have not been allotted any seat in any of the subsequent JoSAA-2025 rounds (with their updated credentials provided they fulfill the eligibility).
• Type-9 – Candidates who have participated in JoSAA-2025 and have been allotted seats in NIT+ System and have paid Seat Acceptance Fee (SAF) and successfully completed document verification but their seats have been CANCELED due to non-payment of Partial Admission Fee. 

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Types of CSAB Counseling 2025

The Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) will conduct THREE types of counseling:

1. DASA and CSAB Special
2. CSAB NEUT
3. CSAB Supernumerary

DASA and CSAB Special – Any vacant seats in the NIT+ System after conclusion of JoSAA 2025 counseling will be filled through CSAB Special Rounds. This year CSAB-Special and DASA have been brought under one umbrella. DASA & CSAB-Special 2025 counseling will have THREE rounds of seat allocation. 

Eligible candidates must complete fresh registration, fill in and lock choices, and pay the applicable fee payment. The document verification for DASA candidates will be done prior to seat allotment. However, document verification for CSAB candidates will be done during the counseling rounds.

CSAB Supernumerary – The Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) 2025 will conduct a dedicated CSAB 2025 Supernumerary Round of Counseling for admission to supernumerary seats at NIT Calicut, NIT Durgapur, and SVNIT Surat, based on JEE (Main) 2025 rank. 

Only candidates from the Union Territories of Andaman & Nicobar, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli can participate in CSAR 2025 Supernumerary counseling round. 

The CSAB Supernumerary Round will commence following the completion of the CSAB-Special Rounds. 

Information regarding available supernumerary seats across various categories will be published after the CSAB-Special Round and prior to the commencement of registration for the CSAB-Supernumerary Round. You can check the seat availability status at csab.nic.in.

CSAB NEUT Seat Allocation – Seats reserved for North-Eastern (NE) States and Union Territories (UTs) in AICTE approved Institutes will be filled through NUET CSAB 2025 counseling.

The Business Rules and Seat Matrix for various reservation categories across participating institutes under CSAB-NEUT are available on the official CSAB website – csab.nic.in.

CSAB Counseling Process 2025

The counseling process for CSAB 2025 will be conducted online. The stepwise process is mentioned below. 

(i) Online Registration
(ii) Payment of Special Round Enrolment Fee SREF
(iii) Online Choice Filling and Locking
(iv) Seat Allotment
(iv) Physical Reporting at the Allotted Institute

Online registration

Candidates must register using their JEE Main 2025 application number and password. Also, upload educational and category documents. The candidate details will automatically be picked from the JEE Main 2025 application form filled by the candidate. Here is the list of documents to be uploaded:

1. Class 10 Certificate
2. Class 12 Marksheet
3. Category certificate
4. PwD certificate, if applicable

Payment of CSAB counseling-cum-enrollment fee

The candidate has to next pay the CSAB 2025 counseling registration fee.

After registration, all the candidates are required to pay the Special Round Enrolment Fee using Net Banking, Debit Card, Credit Card, or State Bank of India e-challan.

CSAB Special Round 2025 Counseling Fees

The enrollment fee includes Institute Admission Fee- I (IAF-I) and a non-refundable Special Round Processing Fee (SRPF) of ₹ 5,000/.

Since Type-6, 7, 8, and 9 eligible candidates have already paid SAF in JoSAA 2025, the balance SAF (excluding the JoSAA processing charges, as applicable) of such candidates will be adjusted as part of SREF. Such candidates are required to pay only the difference amount at the time of registration.

Choice Filling and Locking

The candidate has to next participate in the choice filling and locking process. Note that choices filled during JoSAA 2025 counseling registration will not be considered for the CSAB 2025 special round.

Candidates must“lock” their choices on or before the last day of choice filling. If choices are not locked, then the last saved choices will be locked automatically.

CSAB Seat Allotment

The seat allotment result will be announced on the CSAB 2025 counseling portal. To check their seat-allotment status, the candidate needs to log in to the portal using their login credentials. 

Candidates who are allotted seats have the following options before them:

• Freeze the seat
• Choose float option
• Choose slide option

Candidates who want to confirm their seats need to pay the seat-acceptance fee before the last date.

Physical Reporting at the Allotted Institute

Candidates who have paid the seat-acceptance fee and confirmed their allotted seats will have to next physically report at the allotted institute. 

They will have to complete the remaining admission formalities within the given deadline.

Any balance fee (as may be applicable) may also have to be paid. 

If the candidate doesn’t report or complete the formalities, the allotment will be cancelled.

DASA (UG) 2025 Closing Ranks

The closing ranks for DASAT (UG) 2025 will be released soon after the completion of the counseling process or at the time of seat allotment.

The candidate can in the mean time check the previous years’ DASAT (UG) closing ranks.

To check DASA (UG) 2025 cut-off (opening and closing ranks) – Click Here

CSAB-NEUT Opening and Closing Rank

The candidate can check the opening and closing ranks for CSAB NUET by following these steps:

1. Go to the CSAB NUET counseling portal – Click Here
2. You will see the following options: 1) CSAB-NEUT Pharmacy Counselling Opening and Closing Rank and 2) CSAB-NEUT Engineering & Architecture Counselling Opening and Closing Rank
3. Select the cut-off you want to download
4. You will be redirected to a new page where you must select – 1) Counseling, 2) Round, 3) Institute, 4) Program, and 5) Category
5. The opening and closing ranks for your chosen options will be displayed on the screen.

This is what the CSAB NEUT Opening and Closing Looks Like: