New Delhi: The Delhi University (DU) took a decision to not go ahead with the admission under the newly-introduced five supernumerary seats in each of the 63 colleges on Tuesday.
The contentious call of a discretionary quota of 315 (5×63) seats — under which five students were expected to be given admission at the discretion of the college principals and the DU administration — was announced as a one-time measure to help registered students who couldn’t take admission due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The latest decision to scrap the quota comes in wake of no requests from principals of the colleges for admission under the quota.
Dean of Colleges and spokesperson for the Delhi University, Balram Pani confirmed that the administration has decided not to implement the proposal on Tuesday. “The decision has been taken since no college has sent the request for admission on these five seats. The administration had decided to introduce these seats only to help students amid the pandemic. We can’t go ahead with the proposals when no college has come forward to admit students on these seats,” Pani Was quoted as saying by Hindustan Times.
The university had issued a notification on last Tuesday and announced the introduction of 315 supernumerary seats in undergraduate courses across its 63 affiliated colleges. The notification although didn’t furnish any specific reason for which a candidate would be considered for admission under the additional seats category. It stated that the merit of the eligible candidate “must not be beyond 10% of the last cut-off issued by the college”, reported the national daily.
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