HC slams DU for admissions mess due to rollback of FYUP
3 Nov 2014 3:48 AM IST
A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw made the observation while blaming the varsity for the plight of a student who could not be admitted to any college in B.Com (H) inspite of his being eligible for the course under the sports quota as per FYUP, as under the three-year programme having maths in Higher Secondary was mandatory.
The court directed Delhi University’s (DU) Maharaja Agrasen College to admit the student under sports quota while setting aside the order of its single-judge bench which had dismissed his plea for admission as he did not have maths as a subject in Higher Secondary.
‘It clearly is a case where owing to the mess which is the creation of the respondent University itself, in in spite of clear signals of change in policy, first persisting with the FYUP and at the last minute relenting.
‘The appellant has been left without admission to any college in spite of securing high marks making him eligible for admission in the sports quota in colleges of the respondent University perceived to be the best or in any other college. The appellant thus faces the stark reality of wasting one year of his academic life.
‘When the appellant/writ petitioner under the FYUP could have studied B.Com (H) without having studied Mathematics in Higher Secondary, we see no reason why we should hold the appellant/writ petitioner ineligible merely because the respondent University has switched over from FYUP to the three-year programme,’ the bench said.
The petitioner, Siddarth Singh, had challenged the judgement of a single bench which dismissed his plea on the ground that he should not have relied on simply on the brochure published for admission to Four Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP) which was rolled back. According to the petition, he had sought admission BCom(H) in the college under the sports quota and said that after the sports trial, he was declared successful but was denied admission for the reason that he did not have mathematics in Intermediate.
The court directed Delhi University’s (DU) Maharaja Agrasen College to admit the student under sports quota while setting aside the order of its single-judge bench which had dismissed his plea for admission as he did not have maths as a subject in Higher Secondary.
‘It clearly is a case where owing to the mess which is the creation of the respondent University itself, in in spite of clear signals of change in policy, first persisting with the FYUP and at the last minute relenting.
‘The appellant has been left without admission to any college in spite of securing high marks making him eligible for admission in the sports quota in colleges of the respondent University perceived to be the best or in any other college. The appellant thus faces the stark reality of wasting one year of his academic life.
‘When the appellant/writ petitioner under the FYUP could have studied B.Com (H) without having studied Mathematics in Higher Secondary, we see no reason why we should hold the appellant/writ petitioner ineligible merely because the respondent University has switched over from FYUP to the three-year programme,’ the bench said.
The petitioner, Siddarth Singh, had challenged the judgement of a single bench which dismissed his plea on the ground that he should not have relied on simply on the brochure published for admission to Four Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP) which was rolled back. According to the petition, he had sought admission BCom(H) in the college under the sports quota and said that after the sports trial, he was declared successful but was denied admission for the reason that he did not have mathematics in Intermediate.
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