On Friday, two petitions were filed in the Delhi high court seeking to quash the AAP government’s decision to scrap management and all other quotas, except for economically weaker sections, in the city’s private schools for nursery admissions.

One of the pleas was mentioned before Justices B.D. Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva and it was listed for hearing before the appropriate court on January 18. The Delhi government in its order issued on January 6 had warned that institutions which violate the direction could be taken over by the education department.

Seeking a stay on the order, a plea by the Forum for Promotion of Quality Education For All, said the “order is absolutely without jurisdiction and is thus, liable to be quashed.”

Advocate Vedanta Varma, for the forum, urged the court that the admissions were on, therefore it was necessary for the court to intervene, as that order had been passed “without application of mind and was contrary to law.”

Besides this plea, the Action Committee of Unaided Recognised Private Schools also moved the high court stating that they are also “aggrieved by the order.”

Advocate Kamal Gupta for the committee stated in the plea that the order was “without jurisdiction and contrary to and violative of various judgments.”