Student moves court against St Stephen's

A student, who secured 89% marks in Class 12 but was not allowed to appear in an admission interview in St Stephen's College under the Christian quota, approached the Delhi high court today.

A student, who secured 89% marks in Class 12 but was not allowed to appear in an admission interview in St Stephen's College under the Christian quota, approached the Delhi high court on Thursday.

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Nikhil Neil Das applied for admission to BA Economics (Hons) course for the 2011-12 session.

The court is likely to take up the petition on Friday.

He said in the petition that the college illegally and unconstitutionally set a criteria of admission to benefit candidates having membership in the Church of North India (CNI). He himself is not a member of the CNI.

The college came out with two cut-offs for the course - one for applicants who were members of the CNI and those who were not members of the CNI.

"At the time of submitting the application, there was no mention of a different cut-off of marks within the Christian community," said the petition.

Das filed the petition through lawyer Ashok Agarwal who said that 40% seats in the course were reserved for students belonging to the Christian community and Das applied under that quota.