Denied IIT admission, Andhra students fight it out in HC
Justice Ramesh Ranganathan of the AP High Court on Monday directed the authorities of Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT) not to fill four seats which were offered to four AP students who
were later denied on the ground of poor percentile upon. The judge
termed the actions of the authorities as violation of article 14 of
constitution. The judge was dealing with the writ petition filed by
Anudeep Pendyala and three others. They contended that they appeared in
the JEE (Advanced) -2013 after qualifying in JEE Mains. They told the
court that they got good ranks in the JEE (Advance) and that they were
issued call letters and asked to go to Chennai for completing the
admission formalities.
Gandra Mohan Rao, counsel for the petitioners, lamented that now the students were told that they would not get admissions. He said the authorities were playing havoc with the future of bright students in the name of percentile. He said that the petitioners were called for counseling and offered seats on the basis that the cut-off mark was 89.1 percent in intermediate. Now at the time of counseling, this benchmark was suddenly raised to 91.8 percent. Terming it as arbitrary, the petitioners said, students with 60 percent were offered seats last year. Saying that the students were left in lurch due to sudden change in cut-off marks, the petition sought a direction from the court in this regard.
Justice Ramesh Ranganathan also heard the arguments of counsel appearing for the CBSE in this case which was urgently moved a lunch motion. The judge said that the sudden change of cut-off mark after call letters were dispatched was in violation of article 14 of constitution of India'. The judge directed the authorities to keep aside the seats offered to the petitioners without filling them till finalisation of case and ordered notices to the IIT authorities.
Gandra Mohan Rao, counsel for the petitioners, lamented that now the students were told that they would not get admissions. He said the authorities were playing havoc with the future of bright students in the name of percentile. He said that the petitioners were called for counseling and offered seats on the basis that the cut-off mark was 89.1 percent in intermediate. Now at the time of counseling, this benchmark was suddenly raised to 91.8 percent. Terming it as arbitrary, the petitioners said, students with 60 percent were offered seats last year. Saying that the students were left in lurch due to sudden change in cut-off marks, the petition sought a direction from the court in this regard.
Justice Ramesh Ranganathan also heard the arguments of counsel appearing for the CBSE in this case which was urgently moved a lunch motion. The judge said that the sudden change of cut-off mark after call letters were dispatched was in violation of article 14 of constitution of India'. The judge directed the authorities to keep aside the seats offered to the petitioners without filling them till finalisation of case and ordered notices to the IIT authorities.
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