The Delhi Minorities Commission (DMC) wrote to the university registrar saying that the demand is "illegal" as these certificates don't have any "expiry date".
Taking cognisance of several Delhi University (DU) colleges asking recent Other Backward Classes (OBC) certificates from aspirants, the Delhi Minorities Commission (DMC) wrote to the university registrar saying that the demand is "illegal" as these certificates don't have any "expiry date".
This year, DU colleges have changed the norms for students seeking admission under the OBC category. They have been asked to produce certificates issued only after March 31, 2018, because of which several aspirants are left in a lurch. Until last year, the students seeking admission were allowed to submit certificates that were issued up to a year ago. DU reserves 27 per cent seats for OBC applicants (non-creamy layer, central list).
However, when a large number of students had failed to produce the recent certificates, the university issued a notification saying that the colleges can provisionally admit the students. They were made to sign undertakings that they will submit a post-31 March 2018 OBC certificate within 15 days, failing which their admissions will be cancelled.
The commission chairperson Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan wrote to the registrar saying that the demand is "illegal". "There is no expiry date for these certificates and the government has not issued any orders that OBC students should submit post-31 March OBC certificates. Hence such a demand by colleges is illegal," he said.
He also said that the commission was not registering any case at this point in time hoping that the varsity will "desist from making this illegal demand". "It's an urgent matter since students failing to submit fresh OBC certificates in time will lose their seats, taking into consideration that issuance of an OBC certificate is a time-consuming matter," Khan said.
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