Table goes out of order due to label and caption

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\section{Required Resources}
\begin{table}[ht!]
\begin{center}
 \begin{tabular}{|p{3cm}|p{6cm}|p{5.5cm}|}
     \hline
     Sr.No. & Equipment  & Availaibility \\ [0.5ex]
     \hline\hline
     1 & Arduino UNO & Yes \\
     \hline
     2 & Flex Sensors  & Yes \\
     \hline
     3 & ZigBee Module  & No \\
     \hline
     4 & Servomotors  & Yes \\
     \hline
 \end{tabular}
 \caption{Required Resources}
 \label{tab:Required Resources}

\end{center}
\end{table}

\section{Milestones and Time Division}
\subsection{Seventh Semester}
\begin{table}[!]
\begin{center}
 \begin{tabular}{|p{2cm}|p{7cm}|p{3cm}|}
     \hline
     Sr.No. & Milestones  & Duration(Weeks) \\ [0.5ex]
     \hline\hline
     1 & Project Allocation and Confirmation & 01 \\
     \hline
     2 & Collecting relevant data for the project & 02 \\
     \hline
     3 & Understanding the project and literature review & 04 \\
     \hline
     4 & Project Definition Document & 02 \\
     \hline
     5 & Understanding the software which is used for the working of robotic arm & 04 \\
     \hline
     6 & Preparation of the presentation to be delivered at the end of the semester & 03 \\
     \hline
 \end{tabular}
 \caption{Milestones in Seventh Semester}
 \label{tab:Milestones in Seventh Semester}

\end{center}
\end{table}

\subsection{Eighth Semester}
\begin{table}[t]
\begin{center}
 \begin{tabular}{|p{2cm}|p{7cm}|p{3cm}|}
 \hline
 Sr.No. & Milestones  & Duration(Weeks) \\ [0.5ex]
 \hline\hline
 1 &Learn to have full control on the robot  & 03 \\
 \hline
 2 & Understanding the software which is used to make the robotic arm as wireless & 03 \\
 \hline
 3 & Midsemester Exam & 01 \\
 \hline
 4 & Hardware implementation of module on the robotic arm to make it wireless & 03 \\
 \hline
 5 & Trials and validation & 01 \\
 \hline
 6 & Improvements if required & 01 \\
 \hline
 \hline
 7 & End semester presentation & 03 \\
 \hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{Milestones in Eighth Semester}
 \label{tab:Milestones in Eighth Semester}

Please explain what your problem is instead of just showing us code. As for the code, complete the minimal working example (MWE) so that we can compile and see the problem. — Phelype Oleinik, Jan 02 '18 at 17:59
See When should we use \begin{center} instead of \centering? — Werner, Jan 02 '18 at 18:05

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 02 '18 at 18:36

Since you do not provide an MWE, I can only guess what might have gone wrong. You probably want to change the order of \caption{...} and \end{center}.

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\section{Required Resources}
\begin{table}[ht!]
\begin{center}
 \begin{tabular}{|p{3cm}|p{6cm}|p{5.5cm}|}
     \hline
     Sr.No. & Equipment  & Availaibility \\ [0.5ex]
     \hline\hline
     1 & Arduino UNO & Yes \\
     \hline
     2 & Flex Sensors  & Yes \\
     \hline
     3 & ZigBee Module  & No \\
     \hline
     4 & Servomotors  & Yes \\
     \hline
 \end{tabular}
\end{center}
 \caption{Required Resources}
 \label{tab:Required Resources}
\end{table}

\section{Milestones and Time Division}
\subsection{Seventh Semester}
\begin{table}[!]
\begin{center}
 \begin{tabular}{|p{2cm}|p{7cm}|p{3cm}|}
     \hline
     Sr.No. & Milestones  & Duration(Weeks) \\ [0.5ex]
     \hline\hline
     1 & Project Allocation and Confirmation & 01 \\
     \hline
     2 & Collecting relevant data for the project & 02 \\
     \hline
     3 & Understanding the project and literature review & 04 \\
     \hline
     4 & Project Definition Document & 02 \\
     \hline
     5 & Understanding the software which is used for the working of robotic arm & 04 \\
     \hline
     6 & Preparation of the presentation to be delivered at the end of the semester & 03 \\
     \hline
 \end{tabular}
\end{center}
 \caption{Milestones in Seventh Semester}
 \label{tab:Milestones in Seventh Semester}
\end{table}

\subsection{Eighth Semester}
\begin{table}[t]
\begin{center}
 \begin{tabular}{|p{2cm}|p{7cm}|p{3cm}|}
 \hline
 Sr.No. & Milestones  & Duration(Weeks) \\ [0.5ex]
 \hline\hline
 1 &Learn to have full control on the robot  & 03 \\
 \hline
 2 & Understanding the software which is used to make the robotic arm as wireless & 03 \\
 \hline
 3 & Midsemester Exam & 01 \\
 \hline
 4 & Hardware implementation of module on the robotic arm to make it wireless & 03 \\
 \hline
 5 & Trials and validation & 01 \\
 \hline
 6 & Improvements if required & 01 \\
 \hline
 \hline
 7 & End semester presentation & 03 \\
 \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\caption{Milestones in Eighth Semester}
 \label{tab:Milestones in Eighth Semester}
\end{table} 
\end{document}

And/or, as @Werner says, you may want to replace the center environments by a \centering before \begin{tabular}. This will reduce the space between the tables and the rest.

Table goes out of order due to label and caption

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