An NGO has filed a PIL before the Delhi High Court,seeking reservation of up to 85 per cent of total seats for Delhi domicile students in government-funded Delhi University colleges. Arguing that the Delhi University was established to provide education to students of Delhi but had not been able to fulfil its objective properly because of its functioning as a central university,the petition filed by the NGO Moksha Foundation says that students in Delhi were being denied admission to various undergraduate courses in DU colleges on account of large-scale migration. The plea was due to be heard by the court of Acting Chief Justice B D Ahmed and Justice Vibhu Bakhru on Wednesday. The plea could not be heard as the court did not take up cases. It asks for directions to the Centre and the state government to adopt a new policy for reservation of up to 85 per cent of total seats available for Delhi domicile students in all 12 colleges funded by Delhi government. It should be done with a criteria for reservation for students passing the qualifying examination from recognised schools located within Delhi with effect from academic year 2014-15, the PIL said. The 12 colleges where it sought reservation include Deen Dayal Upadhyay College,Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education,Keshav Mahavidyalaya,Maharaja Agrasen College,Shaheed Raj Guru College and Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies. It also sought direction to adopt a new policy for reservation of up to five per cent of total seats available for Delhi domicile students in all colleges that have mixed funding by UGC and GNCTD. Arguing that the girl students were suffering as their parents were reluctant to send them to other states,the plea also seeks five per cent relaxation in cut-off marks to female students in undergraduate courses in all DU colleges.
