law: The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006 
  5. Mandatory increase
  
  of seats. – 
  1.     
  
    Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in clause (iii) of section 3 and in any other law for the
  
  time being in force, every Central Educational Institution shall, with the
  
  prior approval of the appropriate authority, increase the number of seats in a
  
  branch of study or faculty over and above its annual permitted strength so that
  
  the number of seats, excluding those reserved for the persons belonging to the
  
  Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and the Other Backward Classes, is not
  
  less than the number of such seats available for the academic session
  
  immediately preceding the date of the coming into force of this Act.
  2.     
  
    Where,
  
  on a representation by any Central Educational Institution, the Central
  
  Government, in consultation with the appropriate authority, is satisfied that
  
  for reasons of financial, physical or academic limitations or in order to
  
  maintain the standards of education, the annual permitted strength in any
  
  branch of study or faculty of such institution cannot be increased for the
  
  academic session following the commencement of this Act, it may permit by
  
  notification in the Official Gazette, such institution to increase the annual
  
  permitted strength over a maximum period of three years beginning with the
  
  academic session following the commencement of this Act; and then, the extent
  
  of reservation for the Other Backward Classes as provided in clause (iii) of
  
  section 3 shall be limited for that academic session in such manner that the
  
  number of seats available to the Other Backward Classes for each academic
  
  session are commensurate with the increase in the permitted strength for each
  
  year.