Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Monday extended the deadline for admissions through the centralised portal for undergraduate courses in state-run and aided colleges for the 2025-26 academic session to August 5 (midnight).

The admission portal, launched on July 17, initially faced hurdles following a Calcutta High Court stay on the state's revised OBC list.

However, the Supreme Court's order on July 28 vacating the stay cleared the path for WBJEE and college admissions under the updated OBC categories.

In the wake of the apex court's verdict, the Higher Education Department enabled students to update or upload their social category details on the portal from July 29.

“The final deadline for submitting or updating social category details by candidates has been fixed as August 5 by 12 midnight, which can be done online at https://wbcap.in,” Chief Secretary Manoj Pant told reporters at the state secretariat. The earlier deadline was August 4.

“Those who fail to update/provide their social category information in the portal within stipulated time shall be considered in default as per prevailing rules. Candidates are also informed that no further requests for changes or updates will be entertained once this deadline is passed,” he said.

The state board's higher secondary results were declared on May 7.

Altogether 460 state-run and aided colleges under 17 universities are included in the portal.