No SC stay on minority sub-quota order to impact IIT admission

The bench of justices K S Radhakrishnan and J S Khehar,which also questioned the rational behind fixing 4.5 percent sub-quota within the 27 percent OBC quota,wanted to know from the government if there was any constitutional and statutory support for granting 4.5 percent sub-quota.

When Additional Solicitor General Gourab Banerji persisted with the plea for stay on the high court ruling on the ground that it would affect the interest of minority students,the bench retorted,”Do you want us to set a trend?”

After this,the ASG left the court hall.

There are a total of 9,647 seats in different IITs including 4,722 for the general category students. A total 17,464 candidates were shortlisted for counselling this year.

The counselling for admission to 15 Indian Institute of Technology (IITs),Institute of Technology-Banaras Hindu University (IT-BHU) and the Indian School of Mines (ISM),Dhanbad is underway and the students who cracked the JEE-2012 are participating in it.

The counselling website had been opened for the shortlisted candidates from May 18,giving them a chance to opt the courses of their choice. The online counselling would go on till 5 pm on June 10 and candidates have not been asked to report in person for counselling.

The first round of seat allotment will be intimated online through the counselling website on June 14. Seats not accepted in the first round will be allotted on AIR (All India Ranking) basis. The second round of seat allotment will be done on June 25. The third and the final round of allotment will be done on July 6.

This year a total of 4,79,651 candidates had appeared in both the papers of IIT-JEE,conducted on April 8. Out of the total number of candidates,24,112 have secured ranks in various categories and 17,462 have been shortlisted for counselling for admission to 9,647 seats in 15 IITs,IT-BHU and ISM-Dhanbad.