Aditi Rawat, a sports quota candidate, has challenged the alleged failure of the Hindu College administration to comply with Delhi University’s CSAS Policy 2025-26, which mandates a five per cent allocation to ECA/sports quota in each college for every program.
The Delhi High Court, in its hearing on Friday, had demanded an explanation and specifics of the supernumerary quota seat allocation done by the authorities of Hindu College after a petition by a candidate, Aditi Rawat, on the same.
The petitioner, a gold medalist at CBSE nationals, with the representation of advocate Jeentender Gupta, has argued that based on the number of seats currently offered in the college, it mandates at least 47 seats for ECA/sports quota under Delhi University’s Common Seat Allocation System policy for the session 2025-26, which makes it mandatory for every college to allocate five per cent of the seats in each program to ECA/sports quota.
However, only 20 seats (equally divided between the categories) were allocated by the college. Additionally, it allocated seats for only three sports, including basketball, cricket, and football.
The petition states, “Hindu College failed to release even a single seat for lawn tennis in this quota, denying the petitioner her right to be considered for admission in her preferred institution on merit.”
The plea further argues that the college and Delhi University’s authorities cannot unreasonably exclude an internationally recognised sport from the seat matrix.
Justice Vikas Mahajan has ordered the requisite college authorities to reserve a seat under the quota for its academic session of 2025-26 while it decides on the plea.
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