Five percent (5%) seats of the total seats for Maharashtra candidates coming under CAP per course shall be reserved for Children of ex- service personnel who are Domiciled in Maharashtra State (DEF-1), Children of active service personnel who are Domiciled in Maharashtra State (DEF-2), Children of active service personnel (DEF-3) who are transferred to Maharashtra State but are not domiciled in Maharashtra State, or who are not domiciled in Maharashtra State but their families are stationed in Maharashtra State under the provision of retention of family accommodation at the last duty station on grounds of children’s education provided further that, such candidate should have appeared and passed the HSC examination from a school/college situated in the State of

Maharashtra.

(i) These seats are within the sanctioned intake and are available as

State Level seats.

(ii) A combined single merit list of all eligible DEF1, DEF2 and DEF3

candidates shall be prepared.

(iii) Candidates claiming these seats shall produce additional documents

in Proforma C, D and/or E as applicable.

(iv) This provision is NOT available to the children of CIVILIAN STAFF

who is working /who has worked in the Indian Defence Service.

Army Institute of Tech , pune and some more colleges like coep, MIT etc. also have DEF quota.

Process to Apply through Defence Quota:

First of all, the candidate must meet the eligibility criteria specified for defence categories.

Then, it must be claimed in the online application form of MHT CET.

After that, the documents proving the defence quota status are needed to be produced and should be added while counselling.