Delhi parents have to wait another day

In the name of improving the process, you (Delhi government) have created more problems,’ the bench said. The apex court had passed the order on the appeal filed by parents who had come to Delhi from other places. ‘All of a sudden you came out with a new notification when all proceedings were completed for the admission. You change rule of game in the midst,’ said the bench.

It said that for this year, the government should consider as a one-time measure to increase the number of seats in each school in pre-primary classes to accommodate students coming from other states. ‘Where would they go at this stage,’ the bench said noting, ‘Parents are spending a lot of money in silly litigation.’ The apex court had, on 11 April, put nursery admissions on hold again in Delhi schools after it put a halt on the operation of the High Court’s 3 April interim order directing that those children who applied and were selected in draw of lots for neighbourhood and other categories be admitted.

The apex court had passed the order on the appeal filed by those parents who had come to the national capital from other places of the country and had sought admission under the inter-state transfer (IST) category which was deleted during the admission process by the Delhi government owing to its abuse on a large scale.

Challenging the HC order, advocate Nidhesh Gupta, appearing for the IST category parents submitted that as a result of the Delhi government decision of 27 February, his clients had to vacate the seats allotted to them after they were successful in draw of lots held as per earlier guidelines for admission.

Earlier, those in IST category also had 75 points. ‘The result of the impugned order (of 3 April) is that the petitioners will not even be considered for approximately 60 per cent seats taken by the 70 pointers pursuant to the 18 December, 2013 notification,’ submitted Gupta.