HC: Open BArch counselling for JEE-pass students
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:27.10.2021
Madras high court has directed the Anna University to permit candidates who have cleared JEE (Main) also to participate in counselling for B Arch course 2021-22.
This year, candidates who have cleared the National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) only were allowed to participate in the counselling.
Passing the interim order, Justice N Anand Venkatesh has made it clear that the selection would be subject to the outcome of the pleas challenging the rule.
The court passed the order while hearing two pleas seeking direction to the university and commissioner of TN engineering admissions to permit students to participate in the admission to B.Arch course based on JEE (Main) scores.
When the pleas came up for admission, the petitioner submitted that it is seen from records that till the academic year 2020-21, candidates who qualify in the aptitude test conducted by NATA as well as candidates who qualify in the aptitude test conducted by JEE were considered eligible to participate in the admissions to B.Arch in Tamil Nadu.
However, when the prospectus was issued for the academic year 2021-22, all of a sudden the NATA examination marks alone were taken into consideration for the B.Arch course, they said.
“This goes completely against the information bulletin published by the National Testing Agency, which makes it very clear that the JEE (Main) Examination Paper II is conducted for admission to B.Arch and B.Planning courses in the entire country,” they added.
Therefore, Tamil Nadu cannot wriggle out of the obligation by not permitting the students who have undergone JEE (Main) Test to participate in the admission, they said.
Taking into account that the counselling commences from October 26, the judge directed Anna University and the Commissioner of TN Engineering Admissions to permit students who have taken both NATA as well as JEE (Main) to participate in the counselling.
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