However, general category candidates can still hope to get admission in their desired courses and colleges as over 6,000 OBC seats are expected to go to general category students this year due to non-availability of candidates in the reserved category.

The Delhi University has 10,183 seats for OBC students. However, the varsity is facing difficulty to fill them up due to less number of applications from the OBC students.

"At least two third of the total OBC seats are expected to be converted into the general seats, thus providing greater opportunity for the candidates from other than OBC categories," a DU official said.

The total number of seats for undergraduate courses in the country's one of the most popular universities this year is 49,640.

The university, which had recorded about 2,300 vacancies in the reserved seats for OBC category last year, has this time said the seats will be thrown open for the general category if remained vacant.

These seats will be converted after August 14, the official said.