By IANS,
New Delhi : Delhi High Court Monday issued notice to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha (GGSIP) University and three engineering colleges affiliated to it on a plea seeking transparency in its migration rule for students to other colleges.
A division bench of Justices Vikramjit Sen and V.K. Shali issued notice to GGSIP University and the three engineering colleges – Bharatiya Vidya Peeth (BVP), Maharaja Surajmal Insitute of Technology (MSIT) and Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology (MAIT) – to file their reply in four weeks. The court will take up the matter on Jan 10, 2009.
The court was hearing a petition by Nikhil Sharma, a second year B.Tech student of Maharaja Agarsen Institute of Technology, challenging the validity of a migration rule, Revised Ordinance 7.
Appearing for the petitioner, Ashok Agarwal said the Revised Ordinance 7 was ultra-vires of the Constitution of India and lacked transparency in the migration process. He said the vacant seats in each branch of engineering college under GGSIP University were not disclosed, thereby depriving the candidates interested in migration from one college to another.
Because of this, the migration rules have resulted in favouritism and denying equal opportunity to all to apply and be considered for migration, submitted Agarwal.
The petitioner Nikhil sought direction to GGSIP University to make the migration process transparent by declaring the status of vacant seats in each branch of engineering college by displaying it on the university website.