Another OBC cut off at Delhi University

Updated on: Monday, August 22, 2011

Hoping to fill up OBC quota seats lying vacant, a number of colleges of Delhi University offered relaxations in their eligibility criteria in addition to the lowered cut offs for admissions to various courses.

The fresh cut off list came after the latest directive by the University to colleges, requiring them to offer 10 per cent relaxation in the minimum eligibility criteria laid down by the University as also in the additional eligibility conditions laid down by colleges.

The minimum eligibility criteria refers to the minimum marks required for applying for a particular course.

The move came after the varsity's efforts to fill up its OBC seats by announcing additional cut-off lists did not produce the desired results.

So, the cut offs have gone down to as low as 35 to 40 per cent in a few colleges, but some colleges still put their cut offs in the 80s bracket.

For example, Hansraj college still has a requirement of 86.5 per cent and 80 per cent for B Com (H) and Eco (H) respectively while IP college and Daulat Ram college require a minimum of 80 per cent in both courses.

"Some colleges had already lowered their requirements to 60 per cent even before this. Moreover, we had earlier not asked the colleges to offer relaxations in their additional eligibility criteria which they have done now. So, by relaxing their additional criteria they would be able to fill up seats even by just lowering the cut offs," said Dean, Students Welfare, J M Khurana.

Significantly the Supreme Court is scheduled to give its verdict tomorrow clarifying the mode of implementing 27 per cent reservation for OBC quota in central universities.

A bench of justices R V Raveendran and A K Patnaik will decide whether the cut-off marks for OBC candidates should be 10 per cent less than the marks fixed for the general category candidates or should there be 10 per cent relaxation in the minimum eligibility criteria.

In a notification issued, the University said colleges would be required to announce another cut-off the 10th for this season by lowering the cut-offs to the extent required so as to fill OBC seats in various courses.

The University had earlier asked colleges to do away with the requirement that OBC students should score within 10 per cent of the cut-offs fixed for general students. But even after this, a major chunk of OBC seats remained unfilled.

Another OBC cut off at Delhi University

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