Earmarking option states the below meaning:
Reserved category candidate entitled to admission on the basis of merit in an open category seat will have the option of taking admission either against his/her respective category seat or on an open category seat. If he/she opts for the reserved (sic open) category he/she will be deemed to have been admitted as an open category candidate and not as reserved category candidate. One seat in the college where he/she was eligible for admission against open seat shall be earmarked for a candidate belonging to the respective reserved category. Such earmarked seat will be made available immediately to the successive reserved category candidate from the same category of merit during the counseling. 

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