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Fri, 07/01/2011 - 14:47
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SC defers hearing on ambiguity in OBC quota admission
New Delhi, Jul 1 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday
declined to give any immediate direction on discrepancies in
implementation of the reservation policy relating to OBC quota
in central universities and posted the matter for hearing on
July 4.
A vacation bench of justices P Sathasivam and A K
Patnaik directed that the matter be listed on Monday before
the regular bench where the matter was already pending.
A bench headed by Justice R V Raveendran had been
seized of the petition which pointed out the confusion
prevailing in several universities, including Jawaharlal Nehru
University (JNU) and Delhi University (DU) where admission
process was in full swing.
The regular bench will decide whether the cut-off
marks for the OBC candidates should be 10 per cent less than
the marks fixed for the general category candidates or should
it be 10 per cent relaxation in the minimum eligibility
criteria.
The petitioner P V Indersan, a former professor of IIT
Madras, had sought implementation of an earlier apex court
verdict by which the constitutional validity of 27 per cent
quota for OBC's in the Central Universities was upheld by it
on April 10, 2008.
The vacation bench was informed that the three judges
in a majority verdict had held that the cut-off marks for OBCs
should not be less than five per cent or 10 per cent as
against the general category candidates.
Senior advocate Indu Malhotra, appearing for the
petitioner had submitted that Delhi University is following a
different yardstick by which the gap in cut-off for OBC
students and general category students should not be more than
10 per cent where as in JNU, the practice of 10 per cent
relaxation in minimum eligibility criteria is being followed.
The petitioner also requested the apex court to stay
the orders of the Delhi High Court which had on September 7,
2010, said the minimum eligibility criteria for admission
under OBC category would be at a maximum 10 per cent below the
minimum eligibility criteria fixed for the General category.
Requesting the apex court for an urgent hearing, the
petitioner said results of the entrance examination of JNU for
the current session have already been declared and interviews
are scheduled from July 4 onwards.
The court, however, decided not to give an urgent
hearing to the matter and posted it for Monday. PTI KRH
RCJ
declined to give any immediate direction on discrepancies in
implementation of the reservation policy relating to OBC quota
in central universities and posted the matter for hearing on
July 4.
A vacation bench of justices P Sathasivam and A K
Patnaik directed that the matter be listed on Monday before
the regular bench where the matter was already pending.
A bench headed by Justice R V Raveendran had been
seized of the petition which pointed out the confusion
prevailing in several universities, including Jawaharlal Nehru
University (JNU) and Delhi University (DU) where admission
process was in full swing.
The regular bench will decide whether the cut-off
marks for the OBC candidates should be 10 per cent less than
the marks fixed for the general category candidates or should
it be 10 per cent relaxation in the minimum eligibility
criteria.
The petitioner P V Indersan, a former professor of IIT
Madras, had sought implementation of an earlier apex court
verdict by which the constitutional validity of 27 per cent
quota for OBC's in the Central Universities was upheld by it
on April 10, 2008.
The vacation bench was informed that the three judges
in a majority verdict had held that the cut-off marks for OBCs
should not be less than five per cent or 10 per cent as
against the general category candidates.
Senior advocate Indu Malhotra, appearing for the
petitioner had submitted that Delhi University is following a
different yardstick by which the gap in cut-off for OBC
students and general category students should not be more than
10 per cent where as in JNU, the practice of 10 per cent
relaxation in minimum eligibility criteria is being followed.
The petitioner also requested the apex court to stay
the orders of the Delhi High Court which had on September 7,
2010, said the minimum eligibility criteria for admission
under OBC category would be at a maximum 10 per cent below the
minimum eligibility criteria fixed for the General category.
Requesting the apex court for an urgent hearing, the
petitioner said results of the entrance examination of JNU for
the current session have already been declared and interviews
are scheduled from July 4 onwards.
The court, however, decided not to give an urgent
hearing to the matter and posted it for Monday. PTI KRH
RCJ
