J&K College Academic Arrangement 2025-26: Allotment, “Accept Offer” & “Hold and Upgrade” Explained
The Directorate of Colleges, Higher Education Department, J&K has issued the Terms & Conditions for engagement of faculty on Academic Arrangement for session 2025–26. If you have applied as Lecturer/Teaching Assistant, this post explains the key points in simple words—especially the online allotment process and the difference between Accept Offer and Hold & Upgrade.
Who is eligible?
- Domicile: Applicants must be domiciles of the UT of J&K.
- Age: Below 60 years. Engagement ends automatically on attaining 60 during the session.
- Session-bound: Engagement is for the academic session 2025–26 only (winter/summer vacations excluded as applicable).
How merit is calculated
- Marks-based: Merit is based on the marks of the qualifying examination (PG).
- CGPA to Percentage: If your university gives CGPA, use the official conversion printed on your scorecard. If not printed there, upload a Conversion Certificate from the Controller of Examinations.
- Subject relevance: If your PG title is not an exact match, upload an Equivalence Certificate from J&K Higher Education Dept./Association of Indian Universities.
- Experience: Only teaching experience from UGC-approved Government universities/colleges/autonomous institutions in India is accepted.
- Tie-breaking: If two candidates have equal score in a subject, the one with higher PG percentage is placed higher; if still tied, higher Graduation percentage; if still tied, higher age.
Merit lists & objections
- A tentative merit list to be published for objections within a fixed timeline.
- Represent only through the portal within the deadline—late claims are not entertained.
- The final merit list remains available on the portal for reference. And 2025 merit list is already available on official portal candidates can check
College allocation: step-by-step
- Preference filling: While submitting your form, choose your colleges carefully.
- System-driven allotment: After the final merit list, colleges are allotted based on merit and your preferences.
- Dashboard options: Log in and open Selection History. You will see: ACCEPT OFFER and (if eligible) HOLD AND UPGRADE. These options stay active for 3 days only. The time for submitting preferences already given to candidates last date was 26-08_2025
Accept Offer vs Hold & Upgrade
ACCEPT OFFER
- Locks your allotted college immediately.
- You must join the allotted college within the stipulated 3 days (this window includes the time taken to accept).
- If you got your Preference No. 1, you must accept—Hold & Upgrade is not applicable.
HOLD AND UPGRADE
- Available only if you were allotted a lower preference.
- Keeps your current seat on hold and tries to upgrade you in the next round, subject to vacancies created after round one.
- If no vacancy arises for your higher preferences, you must accept the earlier allotted college.
- This option can be used once only.
Joining & documents
- After accepting, report to the college within 3 working days from the notice date.
- Carry original documents for verification and sign the required affidavit/ agreement before the Principal (as per prescribed format).
Important cautions
- Non-joining: If you neither accept nor join within the deadline, the system may cancel your offer automatically.
- Station continuity: Candidates engaged in the same college for the last two consecutive sessions are generally not placed there again, unless reallocation causes a station change. If more than one such candidate, the longest tenure is shifted first.
- Disengagement on regular appointment: If a regular faculty joins (by transfer or fresh recruitment), an academic arrangement candidate may be disengaged. Re-engagement can be done by disengaging the lowest-merit candidate in that subject or using a vacancy created by resignation elsewhere.
- Authenticity: Any false/forged/incomplete information can lead to cancellation at any time and legal action.
- Session end: All engagements automatically end with the academic session 2025–26.
What you should do now
- Keep your email and phone number active throughout the session—official communication comes via the portal.
- Track your dashboard daily during allotment rounds.
- Decide quickly: choose Accept Offer (sure seat) or Hold & Upgrade (one-time chance to move up).
- Join within time and complete verification/affidavit to secure your engagement.
Disclaimer: This is a simplified explainer based on the official notice. Always refer to the
Directorate of Colleges portal/notifications for exact rules and dates.
