Nursery admissions: Govt to challenge HC orders in SC
20 Dec 2014 7:19 AM IST
The Delhi government’s directorate of education (DoE) has decided to move Supreme Court to appeal against the High Court’s verdict on nursery admissions in city schools. The HC had quashed the points system issued by the Lieutenant-Governor on November 28 and permitted schools to form their own guidelines for nursery admission this season.
A notice has been sent by the counsel of DoE to Action Committee for Unaided Recognised Private Schools as per which the private schools were asked not to initiate or go ahead with the admission process for the academic session 2015-16 till apex court’s verdict on the same is out.
“As the Supreme Court is under vacation till January 5, 2015 and the matter will come up for hearing after the winter vacations, it is hereby informed that Private Unaided Recognised Schools may not initiate with the admission process in the entry level classes for the academic session 2015-16 in their schools till the matter is decided by the Supreme Court,” said the notice issued yesterday (Thursday).
When asked about the implications of the notice if the schools continue with their admission process, Sumit Vohra of admissionsnursery.com said, “Now as far as the implications are concerned, if the SC decides to put a stay order on the HC’s verdict, the admissions which would take place during this period will be considered null and void. However, the other thing which might happen is that the SC may ask both DoE and the schools to follow last years L-G’s guidelines. Also, the Court can reject DoE’s application, in which case, the admissions will continue on the basis of guidelines formed by individual schools,” said Vohra.
SK bhattacharya, president of Action Committee for Unaided Recognised Private Schools was unavailable for comment.
Meanwhile, several schools, like Kulachi Hansraj Model School in Ashok Vihar and Mount Abu Public School in Rohini have started their admission process, while Cambridge Primary School is going to start the admission process form December 26.
A notice has been sent by the counsel of DoE to Action Committee for Unaided Recognised Private Schools as per which the private schools were asked not to initiate or go ahead with the admission process for the academic session 2015-16 till apex court’s verdict on the same is out.
“As the Supreme Court is under vacation till January 5, 2015 and the matter will come up for hearing after the winter vacations, it is hereby informed that Private Unaided Recognised Schools may not initiate with the admission process in the entry level classes for the academic session 2015-16 in their schools till the matter is decided by the Supreme Court,” said the notice issued yesterday (Thursday).
When asked about the implications of the notice if the schools continue with their admission process, Sumit Vohra of admissionsnursery.com said, “Now as far as the implications are concerned, if the SC decides to put a stay order on the HC’s verdict, the admissions which would take place during this period will be considered null and void. However, the other thing which might happen is that the SC may ask both DoE and the schools to follow last years L-G’s guidelines. Also, the Court can reject DoE’s application, in which case, the admissions will continue on the basis of guidelines formed by individual schools,” said Vohra.
SK bhattacharya, president of Action Committee for Unaided Recognised Private Schools was unavailable for comment.
Meanwhile, several schools, like Kulachi Hansraj Model School in Ashok Vihar and Mount Abu Public School in Rohini have started their admission process, while Cambridge Primary School is going to start the admission process form December 26.
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