hello harshika!!

during the JOSAA counselling for NITS, both the CRL AND CATEGORY RANK OBC RANK is considered.

the seats are filled first in general category and then each college will be having quota seats for each category then they use the category rank and fill according to the available seats and preferences by the candidates and quota reserved in the college.

for more details please see :

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/josaa-rank-list

and also,

I m providing you a link for  knowing colleges in which you can get a seat for your rank  in JEE MAINS  and category,please see the following link :

https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-main-college-predictor

Https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-main-college-predictor?utm_source=C360&utm_medium=qna&utm_campaign=jee-main-college-predictor

All the best

Thank you