Move will delay admissions, DU staffers rue

The ongoing admission process for undergraduate courses in Delhi University (DU) will be affected by the outcome of a plea by students, seeking re-evaluation of answer sheets of Class 12 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) examination held this year, the Delhi High Court stated on Tuesday.

The university officials, however, rued that the court order will further delay the admission process. "This year, the admission process in undergraduate courses has already been affected by the delay in announcement of CBSE Class 12 examination results. Now, when the court itself has made it clear that the re-evaluation process will further hamper the admission process, we are really in a fix as the deadline for admission is August 31, as of now," a senior varsity official said.

"This time, we have a provision of reopening admissions for students who have applied for re-evaluation of their CBSE results. Students will be allowed to take admission in colleges and courses they have applied for," the official said, adding that the CBSE should expedite the process.

The colleges, meanwhile, remained unaware of these developments. "We have not received any order from the university. We will have to comply with the court order even though admission for some particular course and category will be closed by the time the results of re-evaluation come," RP Rustagi, Principal of the Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), said.

Students who have sought re-evaluation this year informed the court that the entire process will be meaningless if its benefit are not extended to students. They cited a 2014 incident, when a student was denied admission by SRCC despite an increase of two per cent in his marks after the re-evaluation of his result.

"Admission was denied as seats were full by the time the students applied. This year, the matter has reached the court and if the court and the university direct us to do so, we will have to allow students," Rustogi said.