India, July 28 -- The Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell on Monday issued a statement withdrawing its decision to increase the seat acceptance fee for engineering admissions under the Centralised Admission Process (CAP) for the 2026-27 academic year, following objections from student organisations, parents and candidates, as well as directions from the state government.

With the rollback, the seat acceptance fee will remain Rs.1,000, as in previous years.

Earlier, this month, the CET Cell had proposed a revised fee structure under which candidates would have paid Rs.1,000 for accepting a seat in the first allotment, Rs.2,000 for accepting an upgraded seat after the first betterment round, and Rs.3,000 for accepting anothe...