Short answer
Yes. If you are allotted your first preference in CAP Round I, the allotment is auto-frozen: you must accept it and you can't take part in later CAP rounds. You still have to confirm it — by reporting to an Admission Reporting Centre (ARC) or by self-scrutiny of your uploaded documents, and paying the seat acceptance fee online — and then report to the college; if you don't confirm it, you lose the seat.
Based on the State CET Cell's Information Brochure for 2026–27 admissions (dated 02.07.2026). The 2027–28 brochure hasn't been published yet — rules can change, so check it when it is.
Who this applies to
Maharashtra CAP candidates for first-year B.E./B.Tech.
The rule, explained
After the auto-freeze, you report to the ARC for document verification, or scrutinise your uploaded documents yourself, and pay the seat acceptance fee online. Then you report to the allotted institute and seek admission. For you, this is the final allotment.
If you don't report to the ARC or don't complete self-scrutiny, your claim on the seat is forfeited automatically and the seat goes back for fresh allotment.
The same rule applies in later rounds to your first three preferences in Round II and your first six in Round III.
If your Round I seat is not your first preference, you are not auto-frozen: you can freeze it, accept it and stay in for betterment, or not accept it.
What the official document says
If a candidate is allotted the seat as per his first preference, such allotment shall be auto freezed and the candidate shall accept the allotment so made. Such candidate shall not be eligible for participation in the subsequent CAP rounds.
State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra · Information Brochure, Academic Year 2026–27, for admissions to Full Time Professional UG and PG Technical Courses (B.E./B.Tech., MBA/MMS and others) dated 02.07.2026, PDF page 77 (opens the official site)
If such candidate does not report to ARC or fails to carry out self scrutiny of the document uploaded in online application system for confirmation of seat acceptance, then their claim on the allotted seat shall stand forfeited automatically and the seat shall become available for fresh allotment. For such candidate, the allotment so made shall be the final allotment;
State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra · Information Brochure, Academic Year 2026–27, for admissions to Full Time Professional UG and PG Technical Courses (B.E./B.Tech., MBA/MMS and others) dated 02.07.2026, PDF page 78 (opens the official site)
If a candidate is allotted the seat as per his first three and six preferences in Round- II and Round-III, respectively, such allotment shall be auto freezed and the candidate shall accept the allotment so made.
State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra · Information Brochure, Academic Year 2026–27, for admissions to Full Time Professional UG and PG Technical Courses (B.E./B.Tech., MBA/MMS and others) dated 02.07.2026, PDF page 79 (opens the official site)