Future of Jats admitted to DU’s MBA in doubt

Their admissions may be cancelled after the SC scrapped OBC quota for them

Jat students admitted to the Delhi School of Economics ( DSE) business management courses face an uncertain future. The uncertainty is the result of a Supreme Court (SC) ruling that quashed reservation for the community days after the admission process begun.

While students under the OBC quota were interviewed for admission on March 17 and March 18, the SC delivered its judgment on March 17.

The university is yet to issue a notification announcing the change in its admission procedure following the judgment.

Although the university declared the admission results on April 13, nearly a month after the SC judgment, the list of 128 OBC students admitted to the programmes included names of Jat students. The list included a note that read: “In view of court ruling calling for exclusion of Jat candidates from OBC category, candidates belonging to the caste will be called for counseling subject to DU’s approval”.

The Delhi University’s commerce department offers Master of Business Administration ( MBA), Human Resources D e ve l o p m e n t (HRD) and International Business (IB) at the DSE campus. Admissions to these courses are held on the basis of the Common Admission Test (CAT) score followed by a group discussion ( GD) and a personal interview (PI).

JP Sharma, dean of commerce, DU, clarified that the admissions given to Jat students were provisional and depending on the notification the admission can be cancelled. “When students were admitted to the courses, we made them sign an undertaking, which said that the admission was provisional and that students well abide by the guidelines of DU. We have already written to the university seeking a clarification. Once they reply we will follow the rules,” Sharma added.

Sharma has written to the university on two ocassions since the judgement but is yet to recieve a reply.