To, The P.I.O MHRD, Department of Higher Education Shastri Bhawan, C wing, Dr. Rajendra Prasad road New Delhi-110001, India 23.08.15 Sir, Sub: Seeking information under the RTI Act, 2005 I Akash Agrawal, son of Shri Shailendra Kr. Agrawal, wish to seek information as under. This is regarding admission to Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) and NITs through Joint seat allocation authority (JoSAA) 2015. 1) I wish to know what is the number of candidates who did not report finally to the allocated IIT, after accepting the seat by paying Rs 45,000, during the seat allocation. 2) Thus what is the no. of vacant seats in the IITs after JoSAA 2015 and the details of the vacant seats stating: a)Name of the IIT b) Program name c) Category wise distribution of the vacant seats for the program. 3)I wish to know what will be done to such vacant seats and the loss in Rs. Incurred by the government if all such seats go vacant. 4) I also wish to know why a seat allocation round for such vacant IIT seats is not being conducted on the lines of CSAB special counselling for filling vacant NIT institute seats. 5) I was allocated an NIT through JoSAA 2015, and I accepted the seat by paying the seat acceptance fee of Rs.45, 000.But I withdrew my admission by not reporting at the allocated NIT. When will the seat acceptance fee be refunded, as the seats have been filled through CSAB counselling 6) Why have I been declared ineligible for the JEE Advanced 2016 as per the JoSAA business rules (27 June 15) page no.30 XVII clause 59, even when I have neither taken admission into an NIT or an IIT Just for reporting to accept the allocated NIT, how can I be debarred from giving JEE Advanced next year which is for IITs Even the seat which I left has been filled by CSAB, so such candidates should be declared eligible for JEE Advanced 2016. MHRD should kindly intervene into the issues stated and provide the information seeked. Yours Sincerely Akash Agrawal JEE main 2015 roll no.15902743 JEE advanced 2015 roll no. 2029160