GGSIPU management quota seats: Candidates can apply via online, offline modes, says Delhi HC

The high court directed GGSIPU to create an online portal to display the branch-wise and college-wise seats available under the management quota, adding that prospective students can apply online as well as offline against available seats under this quota. It further said that the college should display the list of admission seekers on the online portal as well as on the notice board of the college. The high court added that the college should prepare a common merit-wise list of candidates who have applied through online and offline modes, which shall be published online.

“In view of the above, the respondents are directed to issue necessary orders to comply (with) the above directions within two weeks. It is made clear that these directions shall cease to follow for the session 2022- 23 and the seats already filled till 2022-23 under the management quota by colleges for different branches shall not be disturbed,” the bench said.

The order came in an appeal by Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies, affiliated to GGSIPU, against a May 17 single-judge order of the high court in connection with the validity of three circulars issued by the Delhi government and the university in September and October last year.

The bench, however, clarified that it had not touched upon the issue of the formation of the Management Quota Admission Monitoring Committee (MQAMC) as the same had not been challenged before it in the appeal. “…so, the opinion rendered by the learned single judge shall remain in force,” the bench said.

The bench added that the single judge in his order had “appreciated” that the Delhi Professional Colleges or Institutions (Prohibition of Capitation Fee, Regulation of Admission, Fixation of Non-Exploitative Fee and Other Measures to Ensure Equity and Excellence) Act, 2007 provides “sufficient mechanism” for admission process.

The bench said that the single judge had therefore directed that “no MQAMC was required to be constituted and its requirement envisaged under the impugned circular dated 22.09.2022 shall cease to operate”.

“In the considered opinion of this court, there is no infirmity in this opinion rendered by the learned single judge and it is not even challenged before this court. The appellant is aggrieved with the directions to display online the seats available under the management quota and admission on merit basis,” the bench said.

The bench, however, agreed with the college’s argument that the directions enshrined in the September 2022 circular are not by the competent authority i.e. the lieutenant governor of Delhi.