New Delhi: Delhi High Court has directed DU colleges to be “careful” and follow the mandate for granting admissions to students under extracurricular activities and sports quotas.hearing the plea of a tennis player seeking admission to Hindu College under sports quota, Justice Vikas Mahajan in a recent order stressed on the need to adhere to DU norms. However, it came on record that Aditi Rawat, a “gold medallist at CBSE nationals”, had secured admission to another college, so HC didn’t pass any specific direction granting her relief.Advocate Jeetender Gupta, representing the student, requested HC for an observation in the order, saying in future, colleges affiliated with the university should adhere to the mandate in the information bulletin, which prescribes a 5% mandatory quota for ECA and sports.“It is hoped DU colleges will be careful in following the mandate with regard to the seats under ECA/sports admission which, as per the bulletin, was mandatory,” HC observed, disposing of the plea that sought a direction to Hindu College to reserve a seat under sports quota in tennis till her plea was decided.The plea argued that while DU’s admission policy mandates 5% of total seats in each college to be reserved for ECA/Sports, Hindu College allotted only 10 seats each for ECA and Sports, but without tennis as a category. The college said the quota mentioned in information bulletin was not mandatory while DU argued colleges are bound to reserve 5% of their sanctioned intake.
