HC seeks response from Hindu College over scrapping quota

Hindu College, which has scrapped five per cent quota for candidates excelling in sports and extra-curricular activity (ECA), in undergraduate courses has received a notice from the Delhi high Court seeking its reply.

A bench of Justice Manmohan issued the notice to the Delhi University college and sought its reply within two weeks on the plea filed by an admission seeker under the ECA category reported PTI.

As per the circular or guidelines of DU, five per cent seats, out of the total sanctioned seats in a college, has to be filled up by sportspersons and others under ECA category.

The Hindu College has 37 seats available under ECA category, the plea filed by Vishal Maharaj, a student from Bihar, said.

However, the college's staff council, headed by the acting principal, decided to do away with the ECA quota on July 4, saying no admission under the category would be held for the academic year 2014-2015. Candidates, who had already applied through ECA quota at Hindu College, were told to get a refund of their application fee from the college accounts office.

The plea has been filed against the decision seeking "quashing of the notice dated July 2014" and issuance of "a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction directing the respondents to continue admissions under ECA quota for undergraduate programmes."