DIRECTORATE OF LEGAL STUDIES, CHENNAI-600 010

ADMISSION TO LL.M. DEGREE PROGRAMME, 2025-2026

(TWO YEAR FULL TIME REGULAR COURSE)
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. LL.M., Degree Programme in the following branches of Law are offered at the
Government Law Colleges at Pattaraiperumpudur (Tiruvallur), Madurai,
Tiruchirappalli, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Chengalpattu, Pudupakkam,
Villupuram, Dharmapuri, Vellore and Ramanathapuram.

(A) CHENNAI Dr. AMBEDKAR GOVERNMENT LAW COLLEGE,

PATTARAIPERUMPUDUR (TIRUVALLUR) – 631 203.

(i) Branch I - Business Law - 20 Seats

(ii) Branch VI - Criminal Law and
Criminal Justice Administration - 20 Seats
(iii) Branch VII - Property Law - 20 Seats

(iv) Branch VIII - Labour Law and Administrative Law - 20 Seats

(B) GOVERNMENT LAW COLLEGE, MADURAI - 625 020.

Branch VII - Property Law - 20 Seats

Branch XIII - International Law and Justice - 20 Seats

(C) GOVERNMENT LAW COLLEGE, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI - 620 023.

. Branch VIII - Labour Law and Administrative Law - 20 Seats

Branch III - Intellectual Property Laws - 20 Seats

(D) GOVERNMENT LAW COLLEGE, COIMBATORE - 641 046.

Branch I - Business Law - 20 Seats

Branch XIV - Taxation Laws - 20 Seats

(E) GOVERNMENT LAW COLLEGE, TIRUNELVELI - 627 011.

Branch II - Constitutional Law and Human Rights - 20 Seats

Branch I - Business Law - 20 Seats

(F) GOVERNMENT LAW COLLEGE, CHENGALPATTU - 603 001.

Branch IX - Criminal Law with Cyber Crime - 20 Seats

Branch III - Intellectual Property Laws - 20 Seats

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(G) CHENNAI Dr. AMBEDKAR GOVERNMENT LAW COLLEGE,

PUDUPAKKAM – 603 103.
Branch X - Environment, Energy and
Climate Change Laws - 20 Seats
Branch XV - Family Law - 20 Seats

(H) GOVERNMENT LAW COLLEGE, VILLUPURAM – 605 602.

Branch XI - Information Technology and

Cyber Security Laws - 20 Seats
Branch XV - Family Law - 20 Seats

(I) GOVERNMENT LAW COLLEGE, DHARMAPURI – 636 701.

Branch XII - Corporate Governance Laws and
Finance - 20 Seats

(J) GOVERNMENT LAW COLLEGE, VELLORE – 632 006.

Branch XVI - Constitutional Law and

Administrative Law - 20 Seats

(K) GOVERNMENT LAW COLLEGE, RAMANATHAPURAM – 623 536.

Branch XVI - Constitutional Law and

Administrative Law - 20 Seats

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Total No. of Seats 420 Seats
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2. Eligibility

Candidate who has passed Three Year B.L./ LL.B Degree / Five year
B.L./ LL.B Degree examination of any of the Universities in Tamil Nadu or an
examination recognised by the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University as
equivalent thereto and has secured not less than 50 per cent of the
aggregate marks in all the Three / Five Years as the case may be of the
B.L./ LL.B Degree Programme or its equivalent shall be eligible to apply
for admission to the LL.M. Degree Programme. Candidates belonging to
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe categories should have secured not less
than 45 per cent of the aggregate marks in the B.L./ LL.B Degree Course.

3. Mode of Selection
(i) Candidate applying for admission to the above mentioned Government
Law Colleges will be ranked according to the marks obtained by them in
the qualifying examination and on the basis of communal and special
reservations.
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(ii) Selection will be based on “the percentage of marks obtained by the

candidate in all the subjects of the Three / Five years of the B.L./ LL.B.
Degree Course which will be arrived out for 100 and the candidate will be
ranked according to the percentage of marks obtained.

(iii) Allotment of seats for admission to LL.M. Degree Programme for the
various branches offered in the Government Law Colleges will be made
through online mode as per candidate’s preference.

4. Procedure for submitting the application

➢ Application shall be submitted through online mode only.

➢ Application and Registration fee : Rs. 250/- for SC & ST candidates.
Rs. 500/- for others.
➢ Payment shall be made through online mode only.
➢ No applications will be entertained after the last date.

5. Photograph
Recent Passport size colour photograph of the candidate shall be
uploaded.
6. Counselling

➢ After the Publication of Rank List, two days time will be given to modify
the preference of specialisation and College.
➢ Counselling will be conducted through online mode.
➢ In case of any discrepancies between the marks entered in the
application and the marks in the original mark statement, the selection
will be cancelled and the candidates will also be made liable for
Criminal Prosecution.

7. Communal Reservation and Allocation of Seats

Communal reservation and reservation for special categories as

prescribed by the Government of Tamil Nadu from time to time will be
followed for selection of candidates for admission to LL.M. Degree
Programme.

Community Certificate:
Candidate shall submit the original community certificate issued by the
Competent Authority as per G.O.MS.No.781, Revenue Department,
dated 02-05-1988, during the time of admission for verification.
In case of ST candidate, the Community Certificate should have been
issued by the Revenue Divisional Officer / P.A (General) to the Collector of
Chennai / Sub-Collector of the District (except Chennai) vide Govt.
Lr.No.32061/ADWII/89-2,dated 27-12-1989 and Lr.No.21424/ADWII-94-4,
dated:15-11-1994 of the Secretary to Government, Adi Dravidar and Tribal
Welfare Department,Chennai-600 009.
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Candidate belonging to Konda Reddy Community shall submit their

Community Certificate obtained from the competent Revenue Divisional Officer
of their respective Districts.
8. Reservation for Special Category
a) The 3 % reservation for Differently Abled Persons has been raised to 5%
as per Sec. 32(1) of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and Govt.
Letter No.13321/LS/2017-1, Law (LS) Department, dated: 24-06-2017 for the
following Special Categories:

1. Orthopaedically Differently Abled (OH)

2. Hearing Impaired ( Deaf) (HI / HH)
3. Visually Impaired (VI / VIH)
4. Autism, Intellectual Disability, Specific
Learning Disability and Mental Illness and

Multiple Disabilities from amongst persons

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under clauses (1) to (4) including deaf-
blindness in the posts identified for each
disabilities.

b) 1 % reservation for children of freedom fighters and 1 % for children of

Ex-servicemen.
Candidate who claim Special Reservation under Differently Abled Persons
category should have disability of 40% and above, such candidate are required to
produce Medical Certificate obtained from the Medical Board of the District
concerned certifying the nature and extent of the disability in percentage.
(Formats of the certificates are enclosed as annexures along with the
application). The Certificates obtained from a Private Medical Practitioner will not
be considered.
9. Documents Required
Candidates are required to upload the following Certificates and other
documents:
i) First page of the S.S.L.C or its equivalent.
ii) B.L. / LL.B Degree or Provisional Certificate.
iii) Consolidated Mark Statement or all individual mark statements of B.L. /
LL.B Degree Certificate. “If grade Certificates are produced instead
of marks, the Candidates are required to produce the equivalent
marks for each subject issued by the Competent Authority. If not,
only the minimum marks for the grade for each subject alone will
be taken into consideration”.
Note:- Details of the grading system mentioned in the mark statement shall
be uploaded. No additional documents will be entertained after
submission of Application form through online mode.
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iv) To arrive at the Percentage of marks secured:

The total marks secured shall be divided by the total of maximum
marks and multiplied by 100. Individual digit shall include three digits
after the decimals as shown below and it shall not be rounded off.
3666
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5450
For example
Maximum Total Marks
Percentage
Marks Secured

5450 3666 6 7 • 2 6 6

v) Transfer Certificate from the Head of the Institution last studied.

vi) Conduct Certificate from the Head of Institution last studied.
vii) Community Certificate issued by the Competent Authority.
viii) No Objection Certificate ( in case of employees )
ix) Special Category Certificate ( if applicable)

The Original documents shall be submitted at the time of admission for

verification.

10. Allotment
Allotment of seats to the Government Law Colleges will be made only
through online mode as per the Candidate’s preference.
➢ Allotment of seats to the respective Law Colleges and the respective
Branches will be based on their rank which will be assigned in the rank list
according to the marks secured in the qualifying examination.
➢ Reservation will be followed only for the selection of Candidate’s for LL.M
Degree Programme and not for allotment to any specific Branch or
College.
➢ Allotment of candidate to the college and branch will be only on the basis
of rank obtained by the Candidate and subject to the availability of seats.
➢ Candidates provisionally selected will be admitted only after the
verification of all the original Certificates mentioned above.
➢ If any information furnished in the Application is found to be incorrect, the
Application will be rejected.
➢ Candidates who claim reservation under SC(Arunthathiyar), SC(others),
ST, BC( including B.C Muslims), MBC / DNC Community, are requested to
produce the original Community Certificate issued by the Competent
Authority during admissions. Candidates who do not upload the
Community Certificate will be treated as Candidates belonging to ‘Others’
Category.
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11. Resolving Tie

In case of “Tie’, (Where more than one Candidate secure same marks in
the qualifying examination) the order of priority shall be followed to determine the
rank of the candidates in accordance with G.O.Ms.No.83, Law (LS) Department,
dated 19-04-2007.

12. Admission

➢ The Directorate of Legal Studies reserves the right to cancel the

admission of any Candidate for valid reasons. The decision of the
Directorate of Legal Studies in such cases shall be final.

➢ Admission to the LL.M. Programme is strictly provisional and subject to

the approval of the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai.

➢ Once admitted change of College or Branch shall not be entertained.

➢ LL.M. students cannot claim hostel admission as a matter of right.

13. Recognition of qualifying Degrees of other Universities:

➢ Provisionally selected Candidates, who have passed the qualifying
examination of any of the Universities other than The Tamil Nadu Dr.
Ambedkar Law University shall be admitted to the Programme in the
Government Law Colleges only on production of Eligibility Certificate
obtained from, The Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University.

14. Fees:
➢ The selected candidates shall pay the requisite fee at the time of
admission.
➢ Fee once paid will not be refunded.
➢ Candidates belonging to SC / ST Community and Differently Abled
Person category are eligible for Tuition & Special Fee Concession
subject to the conditions prescribed by the Government of Tamil Nadu.
15. Conduct of Classes:
➢ LL.M., Programme in Government Law Colleges in Tamil Nadu, being
2 years Full Time Course, the classes will be conducted on regular
basis.

Director of Legal Studies.

Contact numbers and mail id for enquiry:

1. Mr. G.T. NAGARJUN – 90031 08671

Asst. Professor
2. Mr. V. JEYASEELAN – 94446 31310
Asst. Professor
3. tndlsllmadmissions@gmail.com
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Medical Certificate for Orthopaedically Differently Abled Persons

(TO BE TSSUED BY DISTRICT MEDICAL BOARD)
Certified, that the District Medical Board of .. ....... (City) have this
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1. Name of the Candidate
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(a) Normal Blood Pressure : Yes/ No.
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(0 Good control over bowel and bladder Good/Not good
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lO.Whether eligible for consideration under Differently Yes/No.
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Signature of Applicant Chairman, District Medical Board

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CERTIFICATE

Name.................................... Application No.

CERTIFICATE OF DEPENDENCY ON EX-SERVICEMAN

No. Dated:

Office of the Assistant Director of Ex-Servicemen's Welfare District Soldiers’ Sailors and Airmen’s
Board ................................. is the son/unmarried daughter of the under mentioned Ex-Serviceman who is
solely depending on the Ex-Serviceman whose particulars are furnished below:

He/She is eligible for consideration for admission during 2025-2026 to professional courses
in-law college against the reservation of seats for:

(ii) Children of Ex-Servicemen

Signature of the Candidate: Signature :

Designation :

ARMY/NAVY/AIR FORCE SERVICE PARTICULARS OF EX-SERVICEMAN

Regimental No.

Name

Name of the Unit in which last served

Date of enrolment

Date of discharge

Cause of discharge

Whether died / disabled in service

Whether died in Kargil War

Character assessed at the time of discharge

Office Seal :

Station : Signature :

Date : Designation :

Note: This Certificate shall be issued by an Officer not below the rank of Assistant Director ofEx-
Servicemen’s Welfare Board of the District of which the dependent is a NATIVE.