No ’reservations’ on quota policy

JNU to change its faulty cut-off criteria for OBC seats after Delhi High Court order

No 'reservations' on quota policy

JNU to change its faulty cut-off criteria for OBC seats after Delhi High Court order

The three-year-long- struggle of some sections of the student community in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) for proper implementation of the legally mandated OBC reservations in the admissions has finally borne fruit.

"Finally, the matter has been settled now with the AC accepting that administration was at fault. We have won our war," said Vismay Bose, vice-president, All India Students Association (AISA).u00a0u00a0JNU Vice-Chancellor S K Sopory has assured that things will be set right. "The HC verdict will be implemented.

There had been a few inconsistencies within the administration, which will be sorted out. It is a democratic institution," he said. Student leaders at the University said that they had held protest marches, emonstrations, hunger strikes, filed RTI pleas and even taken help of court to fight this injustice.

House in order:u00a0The administrative wing of JNU

"The AC's decision to uphold and implement the Delhi HC verdict is a significant milestone in ensuring social justice in JNU," said Ashutosh Sinha, member of Students Federation of India (SFI). There is however no talk about the fate of some 300 students who had been refused reservation in the past years owing to the faulty criteria.

"Several other issues need to be addressed by the Academic Council like the reservation in faculty posts, display of marks of students seeking admission in JNU, weightage for interviews, and expansion of recognition for Madarsa certificates in the university. Our struggle to clinch these issues too to make JNU's admission process socially inclusive, transparent and democratic will continue," said Shephalika, president, AISA.

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