UPTU postpones counselling sessions for admissions

The Uttar Pradesh Technical University has postponed its admission counselling sessions that was scheduled to begin from July 10 in 12 centres across the state.

July 10, 2009 02:50 AM IST

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The Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU) has postponed its admission counselling sessions that was scheduled to begin from July 10 in 12 centres across the state.

In a meeting on Thursday,UPTUs Central Admission Committee decided to postpone the session in view of a petition pending in the Supre-me Court regarding the reservation for Scheduled Caste,Schedule Tribes and Other Backward Classes in unaided private technical institutions.

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Some private unaided technical colleges have challenged the UP governments decision on 50 per cent reservation for SC/ST/OBC students. The court will hear the case on July 17, said J P Pandey,Additional Examination Controller in UPTU. He added that the new schedule of the counselling sessions will be announced after July 17.

Counselling was set to begin on Friday for admissions in courses like BTech,BPharm,BArch,BHMCT,MBA and MCA. The sessions were to end on August 17. Off campus online counselling has already been held from July 5 to 8.

The sessions were to be held in areas like Mathura,Allahabad,Meerut,Kanpur,Lucknow,Ghaziabad,Gorakhpur,Varanasi,Bareilly and Jhansi.