HC refuses admissions in Guru Tegh Bahadur technology institutes

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to allow two institutes here to admit students in professional courses for the 2016-17 session on a provisional

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to allow two institutes here to admit students in professional courses for the 2016-17 session on a provisional basis, saying it would put the career of pupils at “risk”.

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Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva rejected the plea of Guru Teg Bahadur Institute of Technology and Polytechnic Institute, which had sought interim stay on the operation of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) April 19, 2016 letter, placing them under “no admission” category for 2016-17.

“The mere fact, that students are willing to take such a risk, does not justify putting them at such a crossroads unless the peculiar facts of the case warrant such an interim order,” the court said.

Run by Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management (DSGM) Committee, the two institutes with sanctioned intake capacities of 600 and 420 students, respectively, had moved the High Court against the order of AICTE placing them under “no admission” category for 2016-17.

Dismissing the plea for interim order, the court said, “In case, the petitioner institute is provisionally permitted to admit students, the entire exercise of allocation of seats/ counselling undertaken over a period of two months in various institutes would be set to naught”.

It said, “It would have a cascading effect of unsettling the entire allocation of seats and would disrupt the academic schedule. Further, in case the petitioner does not to succeed in the writ petition, the students admitted by interim orders, would have to be adjusted in different institutes in and around Delhi which may not be possible on account of unavailability of seats at that point of time and may also lead to litigation and harassment to students.”