Normalization of marks.

(1) The marks obtained by the students in the relevant subjects in the qualifying examination conducted by various Boards or Authority shall be equated with the marks obtained by the students in the same subjects in the qualifying examination conducted by the State Board, by adopting the method of normalization. Explanation. - Under the method of normalization, the highest mark obtained by the students of various Boards in each subject shall be equated to the highest mark obtained by the students of State Board in that subject and the relative marks obtained by other students in that subject stall be determined accordingly. Illustration. - If the highest marks secured by the student of State Board in Physics is 100 and the highest mark secured by a student of any other Board in the same subject is 90, both the highest marks will be considered to be equal to 100. If a student of the other Board secures 60 marks in Physics when the first mark in Physics in the same Board is 90, the 60 marks will be considered to be equal to 66.66 marks as arrived at below:- 100X60 =66.66% 90 (2) After normalization of marks in the relevant subjects in the qualifying examination conducted by different Boards, the qualified students of different Boards shall be merged into a common merit list. (3) In cases where more than one student have got the same marks in the common merit list, the inter-se-merit among such students shall be determined in such manner as may prescribed. (4) The appropriate authority and the consortium of unaided professional educational institution shall prepare the rank lists for admission of students to the seats referred to in section 3 and section 4, respectively, and allot students through centralized counseling.