Increase seats to take students who made cut-offs after revaluation: HC
LSR, Hindu Told To Admit A Student Each
Abhinav.Garg@timesgroup.com
New Delhi:14.07.2018
Revaluation cannot be an exercise in futility, the Delhi high court has held in a ruling that will now govern the conduct of admissions by Delhi University (DU) and the revaluation process of CBSE.
Ordering DU to create one extra seat each in LSR and Hindu Colleges immediately for two students who qualified for the cut-off after revaluation but missed the last date, Justice Siddharth Mridul, in a ruling last week, directed CBSE and DU to bring their dates of declaration of revaluation results and cut-off for admissions in sync so that students didn’t suffer in future.
“It is axiomatic that when it comes to the admission of students, the University of Delhi, in terms of the decisions of this court, is required to be responsive to the needs of meritorious candidates lest the latter are denied freedom of choice on account of delay occasioned by CBSE, for no fault of the candidates. The interpretation of the guideline issued by DU must be liberal enough to prevent any miscarriage of justice. Even otherwise, the subject guideline is merely that, and cannot have the force of law,” Justice Mridul observed and asked Hindu and LSR Colleges to create extra seats to accommodate two students who qualified for admission as per the cut-off percentage.
The HC rejected the stand of DU that as per its “bulletin of information” for the current academic session, colleges might consider admission of candidates whose marks got increased in the process of rechecking/revaluation within the prescribed period of admission. DU argued that it could accommodate such students only if they met other eligibility conditions and if seats in the desired course, in a particular college of choice, were available at the relevant time.
COURT RELIEF TO STUDENTS
LSR, Hindu Told To Admit A Student Each
Abhinav.Garg@timesgroup.com
New Delhi:14.07.2018
Revaluation cannot be an exercise in futility, the Delhi high court has held in a ruling that will now govern the conduct of admissions by Delhi University (DU) and the revaluation process of CBSE.
Ordering DU to create one extra seat each in LSR and Hindu Colleges immediately for two students who qualified for the cut-off after revaluation but missed the last date, Justice Siddharth Mridul, in a ruling last week, directed CBSE and DU to bring their dates of declaration of revaluation results and cut-off for admissions in sync so that students didn’t suffer in future.
“It is axiomatic that when it comes to the admission of students, the University of Delhi, in terms of the decisions of this court, is required to be responsive to the needs of meritorious candidates lest the latter are denied freedom of choice on account of delay occasioned by CBSE, for no fault of the candidates. The interpretation of the guideline issued by DU must be liberal enough to prevent any miscarriage of justice. Even otherwise, the subject guideline is merely that, and cannot have the force of law,” Justice Mridul observed and asked Hindu and LSR Colleges to create extra seats to accommodate two students who qualified for admission as per the cut-off percentage.
The HC rejected the stand of DU that as per its “bulletin of information” for the current academic session, colleges might consider admission of candidates whose marks got increased in the process of rechecking/revaluation within the prescribed period of admission. DU argued that it could accommodate such students only if they met other eligibility conditions and if seats in the desired course, in a particular college of choice, were available at the relevant time.
COURT RELIEF TO STUDENTS
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