Stay on nursery admissions continues, says High Court
29 March 2014 5:33 AM IST
A bench of acting chief justice BD Ahmed and justice S Mridul renotified the petitions, in which the fresh draw of lots were stayed and the admission process has been put on hold, saying it has to think on how to resolve the issue.
The bench also invited suggestions from all the parties so as to enable the court to take an informed decision.
Meanwhile, one petition challenging the alumni and sibling categories in nursery admission was dismissed as withdrawn after Delhi government submitted data which showed that a majority of the children admitted in the first draw of lots belonged to 70 pointers who came under the neighbourhood criteria.
The petition was withdrawn in view of the data submitted by Delhi government which said that as per information received from 723 schools around 60 per cent of the general category seats in these institutes were given to 70 pointers.
The government said this data can be ‘safely treated as a pattern’ for all schools. There are over 1500 schools in Delhi where draws for nursery admissions were held.
The court had on 12 March stayed the fresh draw of lots ordered by its single-judge bench and said no admission shall take place till the next date of hearing. The interim order will continue till 2 April, the court said.
On 24 March, the court had rejected the data provided by the Directorate of Education (DoE) of Delhi government in pursuance of its earlier direction seeking details pertaining to nursery admission in unaided recognised private schools and had called for fresh data, which was submitted on Friday.
Meanwhile, the court on Friday reserved its order on a plea challenging the Lt Governor’s nursery admission guidelines, which clubs disabled children with those from economically weaker groups (EWS) and seeking three per cent quota for kids with special needs.
A bench of justices S Ravindra Bhat and R V Easwar while reserving its verdict also directed Delhi government to submit fresh data regarding the number of seats at primary and pre-primary level in all the schools, how many of these can accommodate children with special needs, etc.
The bench also invited suggestions from all the parties so as to enable the court to take an informed decision.
Meanwhile, one petition challenging the alumni and sibling categories in nursery admission was dismissed as withdrawn after Delhi government submitted data which showed that a majority of the children admitted in the first draw of lots belonged to 70 pointers who came under the neighbourhood criteria.
The petition was withdrawn in view of the data submitted by Delhi government which said that as per information received from 723 schools around 60 per cent of the general category seats in these institutes were given to 70 pointers.
The government said this data can be ‘safely treated as a pattern’ for all schools. There are over 1500 schools in Delhi where draws for nursery admissions were held.
The court had on 12 March stayed the fresh draw of lots ordered by its single-judge bench and said no admission shall take place till the next date of hearing. The interim order will continue till 2 April, the court said.
On 24 March, the court had rejected the data provided by the Directorate of Education (DoE) of Delhi government in pursuance of its earlier direction seeking details pertaining to nursery admission in unaided recognised private schools and had called for fresh data, which was submitted on Friday.
Meanwhile, the court on Friday reserved its order on a plea challenging the Lt Governor’s nursery admission guidelines, which clubs disabled children with those from economically weaker groups (EWS) and seeking three per cent quota for kids with special needs.
A bench of justices S Ravindra Bhat and R V Easwar while reserving its verdict also directed Delhi government to submit fresh data regarding the number of seats at primary and pre-primary level in all the schools, how many of these can accommodate children with special needs, etc.
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