Delhi stay on nursery admissions continues

Delhi stay on nursery admissions continues

PARENTS Mailing to gel their children admilted in nursery will have to wait some more time. The Delhi High Court on Friday said its slay on fresh draw of lots for admission will continue till April 2 when it hears pleas against admission guidelines. A bench of acting Chief Justice B D Ahmed and Justice S Mridul rcnotificd the petitions, in which the fresh draw of lots were stayed and the admission process has been put on hold, saying it has to think on how to resolve the issue.

The bench also invited suggestions from all the parties..

Delhi High Court also reserved its order on a plea challenging ihe Lt Governor's nursery admission guidelines, which clubs disabled children with those from economically weaker groups and seeking three per cent quota for kids with special needs. A bench of justices S Ravindra Bhat and R V Easwar while reserving its verdict also directed Delhi Government to submit fresh data regarding the number of seats at primary and pre-primary level in all the schools, how many of these can accommodate children with special needs, etc.

The court called for the figures after observing that the Stale Government in its affidavit has not disclosed any figures.

"You have not disclosed any Figures in affidavit. On last date you stated some figures and we were noting it as stenos on last dale. One month has passed since we called for the information. We want a signed document," the court said. Meanwhile, one petition challenging the alumni and sibling categories in nursery admission was dismissed as withdrawn after Delhi Government submitted data which showed that a majority of the children admitted in the first draw of lots belonged to 70 pointers who came under the neighbourhood criteria.