The executive council of Jadavpur University on Monday approved a proposal to reserve 90 per cent of its BTech seats in the general category for students who pass their Plus-II exams from Bengal.

The council, the highest decision-making body of the university, approved the proposal unanimously, pro-vice-chancellor Pradip Ghosh said.

The proposal to reserve 90 per cent seats in the general category for “home students” in all 16 engineering departments was put forward by the faculty council for engineering and technology.

Asked if the university would introduce the quota in the 2019-20 academic year, Ghosh said: “That could be done if we get permission from the state government in time.”

The state joint entrance exam is scheduled for May 26.

Vice-chancellor Suranjan Das, who had last December struck down a proposal for a domicile quota on the ground that a university should not shut its door on deserving candidates, consented to the proposal this time.

Repeated calls to Das’s number went unanswered. He did not reply to text messages either. He had earlier argued that a domicile quota could deny JU the label of an “institute of eminence”.