MUMBAI, May 21 -- The chaos due to the NEET paper leak is having a cascading effect on admissions to other professional courses in Maharashtra, specifically engineering, pharmacy and agriculture, causing uncertainty. Admission to these courses are impacted as scores of both NEET and common entrance test (CET) are considered. On Wednesday, higher and technical education minister Chandrakant Patil said, "The admission process cannot move forward until the revised NEET examination is conducted and results are declared." The state education department conducted two separate CET examinations - for PCM and PCB students. Patil said the department aimed to announce the CET results with only a slight delay. However, the NEET controversy disrupted the plan. This year's NEET - the national-level entrance exam for admission to undergraduate medical and dental courses - was cancelled on May 12 after a leaked question paper brought large-scale irregularities to light. In Maharashtra, NEET scores are taken into account for admission to nine engineering branches under B Tech courses. Students seeking admission to those branches are selected based on both CET and NEET. Pharmacy admissions too will be delayed. Around 15% seats in pharmacy colleges are reserved under the all-India quota, and these seats are filled through NEET scores. Admission of almost all undergraduate agriculture courses are also based on NEET scores. Last year, the PCM CET results were declared on June 15. This year too, despite conducting two separate CET examinations, the department was to announce the second CET result by June 20 so that the academic year could begin. However, the NEET re-examination will be held on June 21 an, officials say, the results may not be available before mid-July. The delay has created difficulties for engineering admissions as many students who take the NEET test keep engineering as an alternative option if their NEET scores are lower than expected....