Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions committee will assign on Monday random numbers to 1.33 lakh candidates who have applied for online engineering counselling. The 10-digit random numbers would be generated in the presence of higher education minister K P Anbalagan. During the ranking process, these numbers are used to break the tie between candidates who have scored the same marks. The merit will be determined in the order of percentage of mark in maths, physics, fourth optional subject, date of birth (the elder one will be given preference) and the random number (higher value w...