The Supreme Court on Monday, for now, declined to pass any order on the central government’s plea seeking continuation of 60 percent quota of seats in the elite Sanskriti school for the children of group A officers belonging to all India services like IAS, IFS, IPS and other central services.
A bench of Justice Anil R. Dave and Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel appointed senior counsel Kapil Sibal as amicus curiae to assist it as it found that there was no respondent to contest the government’s plea for restoration of 60 percent quota for the children of Group A officers that was struck down by Delhi High Court on November 6, 2015.
The bench directed the further hearing of the matter on January 7 when it would consider the government and Sanskriti School’s plea for allowing it to continue with 60 percent reservation for admission for the academic year 2016-2017.
As Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi appearing for the central government urged the court to permit the “status quo” allowing the school to continue with the reservation, the court said that it would be hearing the plea for interim relief on January 7.