New Delhi: The OBC quota for undergraduate admission in Delhi University has turned into an intense debate between the varsity and the HRD ministry. After the Delhi University colleges were told by the HRD ministry last week, not to confuse "cutoffs", the university gave a long list of additional eligibility norms required for admission in undergraduate classes. In its reply, DU also referred to court orders, which states that cut-offs should be on the basis of the aggregate.
The ministry, in its response said that they didn't know there was any minimum eligibility for admission in Delhi University other than class XII marks. The university has been asked to explain how it intends to fill the OBC seats in view of eligibility criteria. With five cut-off lists already declared, it is unlikely that the OBC seats would get filled even this year.
The ministry also added that in DU, contrary to other universities like the Jawaharlal Nehru University, there is no eligibility requirement other than pass at the Class XII board examinations. Since there cannot be any eligibility cut-off differential - between general and OBC candidates - in case of DU, it has to be interpreted in a way different than other universities in order to give effect to the constitutional mandate for ensuring reservations to deprived classes.
In case of DU, the ministry said, all successful class XII non-creamy layer OBC candidates are eligible for admissions, and the university should admit them to fill 27% seats reserved for them through "inter-se merit" (merit among OBCs). The ministry had also said that referencing the admission cut-off for OBC to the general category cut-off being done by the DU goes against the spirit of Central Educational Institutions Act, 2006.
Such referencing, the ministry said, assumes that 27% of seats would be filled from among OBC candidates from a 10% band of marks after excluding those students in the same category, who scored higher and become part of general category students. The HRD further added that this would lead to diversion of seats meant for OBCs to general candidates, which is not desirable.
The ministry, in its response said that they didn't know there was any minimum eligibility for admission in Delhi University other than class XII marks. The university has been asked to explain how it intends to fill the OBC seats in view of eligibility criteria. With five cut-off lists already declared, it is unlikely that the OBC seats would get filled even this year.
The ministry also added that in DU, contrary to other universities like the Jawaharlal Nehru University, there is no eligibility requirement other than pass at the Class XII board examinations. Since there cannot be any eligibility cut-off differential - between general and OBC candidates - in case of DU, it has to be interpreted in a way different than other universities in order to give effect to the constitutional mandate for ensuring reservations to deprived classes.
In case of DU, the ministry said, all successful class XII non-creamy layer OBC candidates are eligible for admissions, and the university should admit them to fill 27% seats reserved for them through "inter-se merit" (merit among OBCs). The ministry had also said that referencing the admission cut-off for OBC to the general category cut-off being done by the DU goes against the spirit of Central Educational Institutions Act, 2006.
Such referencing, the ministry said, assumes that 27% of seats would be filled from among OBC candidates from a 10% band of marks after excluding those students in the same category, who scored higher and become part of general category students. The HRD further added that this would lead to diversion of seats meant for OBCs to general candidates, which is not desirable.
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