Click to play videoNew Delhi: The anti-quota camp across the country have welcomed the stay as a vindication of their stand but students seeking admissions to medical colleges and IIMs are now a worried lot. Supreme Court's stay is likely to affect admissions for the current academic year beginning June 2007.
Several thousands students are waiting for a better line than that from HRD Minister Arjun Singh.
Their academic and professional future hangs in the balance after the Supreme Court's order staying 27 per cent OBC quota.
The most worried are aspirants for the IIMs and medical colleges. The deadline for admissions in IIMs is May 20, but most IIMs have already finalised the list of candidates factoring in the OBC quota.
The Supreme Court stay order has brought other problems with it too. IIMs had increased the number of seat to accommodate the 27 per cent OBC quota. For example: IIM Ahmedabad which began its admission process on the March 23 increased seats from 260 to 275, IIM Bangalore interviewed students for 270 seats this year as against last years 240, In addition, the IIMs also planned to increase fees adding to the complications.
IIM-A director Bakul Dholakia said the admission process will continue as planned.
IIM-A director Bakul Dholakia said, “All IIMs were to finalise the admissions on April 12 and it is the CAT group that will look at the implications of this order once we get a copy of it.”
Two weeks from now, call letters are to be sent out to successful candidates. But with the Supreme Court's stay, students are now worried: who will finally get in? And who will be left out?
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