HC rejects plea of students of pvt college against GGSI Univ

Updated on: Monday, December 05, 2011

The Delhi High Court rejected a plea accusing Govind Singh Indraprashtha University (GGSIU) of discrimination by adopting different criteria for promoting students pursuing professional courses in colleges run by it and those from institutions affiliated to it.

A bench of Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said that setting up different criteria by the University for promoting students was a "policy decision" which cannot be subjected to judicial scrutiny.

Moreover, such criteria was devised by the University after taking views of experts and considering the interest of students in mind, the court said.

The bench said the policy was not "discriminatory".

Earlier, the court reserved its verdict on the petition, filed by over 200 students of private colleges, which are affiliated to GGSI University, alleging that the "discriminatory" approach in promoting them was harming their careers.

The colleges, run by the university, are allowed to give maximum 40 per cent marks to students in internal assessments, while colleges, which are affiliated and not run by the university, can give maximum 25 per cent marks to their students in internal assessments, the petition had said.

The practice was "irrational" and against the legal principles, it said, adding students, pursuing professional courses like B.Tech in affiliated colleges were being evaluated by GGSI on rest 75 per cent marks, it said.

While the students of university-run colleges are "better placed" as the varsity can evaluate them on the rest 60 per cent as the maximum limit of internal assessment is 40 per cent, it had said.

The university cannot create two classes of students and the policy has to be based on uniform application and it cannot affect the same set of people in different manners, the students' petition alleged.

More than 5,600 students have been denied promotion in the current academic year because of the "discriminatory" rules, it said.

The High Court allowed the contention of the university that the different promotional criteria was adopted to maintain the quality of technical education.

HC rejects plea of students of pvt college against GGSI Univ

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