“Why FYJC Admissions not Concluded yet,” Bombay HC asks Maharashtra Govt, Read Details Here

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The Bombay high court questioned the Maharashtra government to clarify by Thursday as to why first-year junior college (FYJC) admissions were not concluded, although half the academic year is already over.

The division bench of chief justice Dipankar Datta and justice Girish Kulkarni stated, “Half the academic year is already over and in a short time the academic year itself will come to an end.” They also asked as to why the admission process was held up for over two-and-half months.

The statement came after additional government pleader Geeta Shastri informed the court that the government is yet to take any final decision. She was replying to a petition filed by advocate Vishal Saxena, whose daughter is still waiting to take admission to FYJC.

Saxena has moved to HC, raising concern about the long delay in concluding FYJC admissions, suspended for over two-and-half months. Saxena filed the petition on October 26, 2020, informing that the nearly 2.32 lakh students in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), including the petitioner’s daughter future, are at stake because the admission process was put on hold due to the September 9, 2020, interim stay on Maratha reservation by the Supreme Court.

Regarding this issue, Saxena has asked the government to formulate a strategy to restart the admission process as soon as possible because students and their parents have already suffered much due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Moreover, judges also reminded the government lawyer that the petition was initially heard on October 27, 2020, and later on November 9, 2020, no positive response had come up from the state government until now.

HC also questioned as to why the government has not taken any decision on the issue and directed Shastri to submit a short affidavit by November 26, 2020, clarifying the government’s stand.

Further, during the hearing, Shastri informed the bench that though admissions are yet to be finished, online classes have already begun for aspirants. However, the petitioner who maintained that no online lectures were being conducted controverted the statement.