The Bombay high court has directed SNDT Women’s University to grant admission to two women who were denied admission in a pharmacy course earlier by two of its affiliated colleges.
The Bombay high court has directed SNDT Women’s University to grant admission to two women who were denied admission in a pharmacy course earlier by two of its affiliated colleges.
The court directed the university to grant the admissions provided the duo fulfilled other eligibility criteria. The applicants, Khan Kulsum Fatima and Ruqqaiya Bano, had earlier cleared the Common Entrance Test (CET) but could not secure admission in the Centralised Allotment Process (CAP) rounds.
The applicants had approached the HC claiming that despite notification from the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) the colleges had denied them admission, despite having vacant seats.
Advocates Shehzad Naqvi and Asif Naqvi, on behalf of the two petitioners, informed the court that the petitioners wanted to get admission in Diploma in Pharmacy and after clearing CET their names appeared in the final merit list. But they could not secure admission in the CAP rounds.
Later, the petitioners received an SMS on August 14 from the DTE, stating if they did not get admissions in the CAP rounds they could instead approach government-aided colleges for admission.
The petitioners promptly approached two government-aided colleges on August 14. However, they were denied admission on the ground that though they have vacant seats, they cannot be granted admission, as the colleges have not received notification from the DTE.
During hearing the girls provided a video clip of their conversation with college representatives who agreed that seats were available but they cannot be given admission sans notification.
Kedar Dighe, additional government pleader and counsel for DTE, tendered Supreme Court judgements stating admission cannot be granted after August 15 even if there are vacant seats available.
However, the division bench held the petitioners had approached the colleges on August 14, therefore admission should be considered.
