"The final round of counselling for the students, who secured rank from 94,621 to 1,56,278, is expected to participate,” he added.

Stating that the tentative allotment for the students, who participated in the fourth round of counselling, will be released on November 1. "These students have to confirm the allocation between November 1 and November 2,” he said adding the final provisional allocation for these students will be released on November 13.

"After taking a final list of the students, who have paid the college fees, identity cards will be provided accordingly,” he said.

After the completion of all the formalities with regard to the counselling, the Higher Education Department has planned to open the engineering colleges for first-year students during the first week of November.