Keypoints:
- The FYJC admissions was delayed this year due to the COVID 19 pandemic.
- The plea sought directions to begin with the FYJC admissions as soon as possible.
The petition sought directions to the state government to formulate the strategy to start the admission process at the earliest.
The petitioner submitted that the process of FYJC admissions had been stalled due to SCs interim stay on Maratha reservation and nearly 2.3 lakh students in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), including his daughter were facing uncertain future due to the same.
A parent of a teenager, who is also an advocate, has moved the Bombay High Court seeking that the state government formulates a strategy to start first year junior college (FYJC) admissions in Maharashtra.
Vishal Saxena, the petitioner, submitted that the process of FYJC admissions had been stalled due to Supreme Court’s interim stay on Maratha Reservation and nearly 2.3 lakh students in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), including his daughter, were facing uncertain future due to the same.
On October 18, the written petition filed added that while in the past, FYJC admissions commenced soon after the declaration of SSC results, and it got delayed this year due to the COVID 19 pandemic. It also added that after the first round of FYJC admissions was over, the SC stayed Maratha quota on September 9, bringing the entire process to a standstill.
The petition sought directions to the state government to formulate a strategy to start the admission process at the earliest.
A vacation bench of Justices B P Colabawala and Abhay Abuja said, “We find no urgency that cannot wait till the reopening. In these circumstances, the matter be listed before the concerned bench on November 23.”
The state’s plea to vacate the SC stay on the implementation of the Maratha reservation under the SEBC Act for admissions this year and for state jobs, is yet to be heard before the Apex Court.
Saxena said, “Half the year has gone by, so there was urgency for HC to hear and pass an order as it was causing stress to students. He said his daughters admission to FYJC has been held up.
