New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to give an urgent hearing to two cross petitions, one for implementation of the four-year undergraduate programme(FYUP) by the Delhi University, and the other against it.
The petitions were mentioned before a vacation bench of justices Pratibha Rani and V Kameswar Rao which said, "The matter requires effective hearing which can't be done by a vacation bench. It will be heard by the roster bench in July."
"We understand the situation. The admissions will not be affected. There will only be a few days' delay," the bench said, adding that Justice Rao does not wish to hear the matter so it cannot be listed on June 27 as sought by the petitioners.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday had refused to take up the case and had asked the teachers to approach the High Court. Delhi University officials are likely to meet UGC officials on Wednesday to try and work out a resolution. 57 out of the 64 colleges in DU have already told the UGC that they will comply with its directives and revert to the 3 year programme.
The plea challenging the University Grants Commission's (UGC) notification to scrap FYUP has been filed by Delhi University professor Aditya Narayan Mishra, while the PIL seeking implementation of the commission's decision to restore the earlier three-year undergraduate programme has been filed by advocate R K Kapoor.
The PIL by advocate Kapoor has sought a resolution of the "controversy" saying, "Most of the university's colleges are deferring admissions, leading to confusion among lakhs of aspirants just a day before the admission process was to begin."
Mishra, an ex-DUTA (Delhi University Teachers' Association) President and an Assistant Professor at Aurobindo College, had yesterday moved the Supreme Court which had refused to intervene in the matter and directed him to approach the high court.
DUTA president Nandita Narain has said that they will also go to court before Aditya Narain's petition is heard. She insisted that DU needs to revert back to the 3-year-undergraduate programme and that the VC must go.
Meanwhile, DU aspirants are terribly worried about the uncertain atmosphere prevailing in the university. Many outstation students who have come to Delhi for admissions say that they have been waiting indefinitely for the confusion to clear and the admission procedure to begin. "We are not sure whether we should take admission elsewhere because counselling session have already begun in may places," said one student.
(With inputs from PTI)
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