HC comes to rescue of 6 DU aspirants, asks St Stephen’s to grant them provisional admission
DU, on the other hand, informed the court that it will file a detailed reply in this regard and alleged that the college is “raising frivolous objections, and it is duty bound to comply with the allocation list issued by the University.”
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The Delhi High Court Friday came to the rescue of six aspirants of St Stephen’s College who cleared CUET and were provisionally allocated seats to the courses in the college but were left in a limbo with the college and Delhi University being at loggerheads over the policy.
Observing that the petitioners “are being kept under suspense regarding the fate of their admission”, the court of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma ruled that the petitioners will be granted provisional admission in the college as per DU’s allocation.
The students had moved the HC, complaining that while they were provisionally allocated B A (Hons.) Economics at St Stephen’s College, the college neither approved their candidature nor gave admission to them. As a result, the students have been unable to pay fees as well, they argued.
However, according to the college, DU allocated 19 candidates for the BA programme instead of three candidates who could have been accommodated “as per the settled policy.” The college, in this regard, has “already lodged its protest by writing a letter to the university,” St Stephen’s College submitted before the court.
DU, on the other hand, informed the court that it will file a detailed reply in this regard and alleged that the college is “raising frivolous objections, and it is duty bound to comply with the allocation list issued by the University.”
The court, meanwhile, directed: “Further, also keeping in mind the fact that in case the petitioners do not succeed in this petition, they may lose the prospects of securing admission in the second preference for a college…this Court orders that…University of Delhi will open its portal for depositing fee, only for the petitioners herein, tomorrow (Saturday) morning between 10.00am and 4.00pm.” The court clarified that this is an interim arrangement “to ensure that the petitioners do not lose their chance of securing admission in another college…”
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