FYJC admission - ICSE, CBSE students wait for 90:10 quota verdict by HC
Parents and students are still on tenterhooks as Monday ended on an uncertain note for both sides as the HC could not conclude the hearing. The court, however, continued its earlier order that no admissions to FYJC would be finalised, as assured by the state.Students across boards who may not share college seats stood almost shoulder to shoulder in the central courtroom where freedom fighter Lokmanya Tilak was sentenced. They listened intently along with the judges as top counsel Chagla and later Janak Dwarkadas and Navroz Seervai sought to demolish the state’s pro-SSC stand. The arguments, however, were far from over and on Tuesday too, it might be difficult to have a concluded hearing.
Chagla’s primary objection was that the move to have a 90:10 pro-SSC reservation in junior colleges followed no consultative process worth its name, lacked supporting data, violated the constitutional guarantee of equality, made a mockery of merit and also paid scant regard to the HC’s ruling last year when it quashed the other controversial pro-SSC percentile formula. “The percentile formula, however, was at least a misconceived attempt to level the playing field. The June 18 GR gives hope to some and despair to others when all must be treated equally.
The GR has done away with competition between students of various boards even though the state has no data to show where, if at all, a disparity exists. Notwithstanding the higher percentages scored by SSC students this year, the ICSE counsel said the state “is promoting mediocrity over merit” by attempting a “positive discrimination” illegally.
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