HC orders dates extension for DU admission with no eligibility changes

NEW DELHI, JUNE 15: Delhi High Court has issued an order in which it stated that the last date for filling the application form for admission to the undergraduate level programme at the University of Delhi has been extended to June 22. A Bench of Justices Anu Malhotra and Talwant Singh in their directive have also stated that there will be no change in the eligibility criteria. Hence candidates will be offered admission to the candidates at the undergraduate level programme based on last year’s eligibility criteria of Delhi University.

PIL Challenging Eligibility Criteria for UG Admission

A student had challenged a recent amendment that was made to the eligibility criteria for DU admission to some of the courses such as B.Com (Hons.) and BA (Hons.) Economics wherein it made it mandatory for maths to be part of the ‘best of four’ subjects.

However, in its directive, the court also mentioned that the University reserves the right to make the requisite changes in the eligibility criteria but they have to be done in accordance with the law. Such changes could be made by giving a notice of at least six months to the public. A day before the commencement of the registration process, University of Delhi had announced changes the eligibility criteria for admission to certain UG level courses.

Change in Schedule for Admission Process

With the change in the last date for filling the application form of Delhi University, it is likely that the complete schedule of the admission process will change since the first cutoff list was supposed to be declared on June 20.