2 additional cut-off lists for OBC students in DU

Updated on: Friday, July 15, 2011

With seats reserved for OBC candidates still vacant after five rounds of admissions, Delhi University directed its colleges to declare two additional cut-off lists for the category and bring down the relaxation to the maximum of 10 per cent if necessary.

Under the normal procedure, if seats reserved for OBC candidates remain vacant by July 15, colleges would be free to transfer those seats to general category students. However, the University has asked colleges not to go ahead with this transfer until told to do so.

The University will now announce on July 14 and July 17 the two additional cut-off lists exclusively for OBC candidates. The admissions for these two lists will take place On July 15 and 16 and on July 18 and 19.

Despite five lists being announced by the colleges, the high cut-offs have meant that OBC seats could not be filled even after five rounds of admissions.

A relaxation in cut-off marks up to 10 per cent as compared for general category students is allowed for OBC cadidates. However, the 10 per cent relxation has not yet been reached in several colleges.

In fact, the HRD Ministry had last month written to the University asking it to implement the 27 per cent reservation for OBC students in "letter and spirit" after the issue was brought to the notice of the government.

HRD Minister Kapil too had expressed concern over the high cut-offs coming in the way of filling of seats reserved for OBC cadidates in Delhi University colleges.

He had also said the government was contemplating even moving the Supreme Court to further relax the margin beyond 10 per cent.

A notification from the University today said the institution is "committed to filling all the seats for OBC candidates as per the CEI (Reservations in Admissions) Act, 2006".

It said colleges are directed not to proceed with conversion of unfilled OBC seats that was scheduled to take place on July 15.

The colleges have been asked to communicate fresh cut- offs to the Registrar by tomorrow evening for the courses in which OBC seats remain unfilled and the relaxation of marks that has been given to OBC candidates compared to general category candidates is still less than 10 per cent.

It said the fresh cut-off can be up to a maximum of 10 per cent below the last cut-off announced for general category students in that course.

In case OBC seats still remain vacant, a seventh list will also be announced in courses where the 10 per cent relaxation has not been exhausted.

2 additional cut-off lists for OBC students in DU

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