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Second merit list for admission to University of Mumbai degree courses stayed

The list has been stayed as the government plans to file a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the court for including quota for reserved category students in minority colleges.

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The second merit list for admissions to first year degree colleges under the University of Mumbai which was to be released on Friday, would be stayed until further notice.

The list has been stayed as the government plans to file a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the court for including quota for reserved category students in minority colleges. The State education minister promised students the same on Thursday.

A recent directive issued by the university stated that colleges must conduct admissions in line with the November 2017 high court ruling which had set aside a circular issued 16 years ago by MU, that again stated how minority colleges need to reserve seats for backward category candidates.

With the new norms in place, several minority institutes like St Xavier's College, Jai Hind College and Mithibai college had not reserved a quota for students from SC/ST and OBC categories this year.

Several student organisations including the Prahar Vidyarthi Sena, Vidyarthi Bharti , Maharashtra Navanirman Vidyarthi Sena and others met Minister for Social Justice Rajkumar Badole and appealed the government to get the new norm removed.

State education minister Vinod Tawde, who also met the students on Thursday said, that the government has decided to file an SLP and has thus decided to postpone the second merit list for 10 days.

WHY STAY LIST

  • List has been stayed as the government plans to file a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in court for including quota for reserved category students in minority colleges
     
  • Minority institutes like St Xavier’s College, Jai Hind College had not reserved a quota for students from SC/ST and OBC categories this year 

 

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