What are the allotment phases, and do last ranks move?

CEE allots seats in numbered phases (Phase 1, Phase 2, and so on; engineering ran up to five phases in 2022 and two in 2025). Last ranks generally relax in later phases as candidates upgrade or leave for other options, though top courses at colleges like CET Trivandrum move very little. Our year-level figure is the highest phase published per stream, and phase-wise data is kept separately.