Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 1: In a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a social activist Ashok Sharma challenging Rule 17 of Reservations Rules framed under Reservation Act of the State, Division Bench of High Court comprising Justice Virender Singh and Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar has granted time to the Board of Professional Entrance Examination to file detailed response in the petition.
Pursuant to the earlier order, R D Sharma, Chairman J&K Board of Professional Entrance Examination appeared in person and explained his stance to the court. However, Advocate Anil Sethi appearing for the BOPEE sought time to file detailed response to the instant petition and same was granted and Registry was directed to list the PIL in the next week.
According to the petitioner, Rule 17 of Reservation Rules of 2005 suffers from the voice of arbitrariness as it tends to give much more reservation to the candidate of reserved category that their entitlement.
According to the counsel for the PIL once a candidate belonging to reserved category is selected against open merit seat than he is to be considered for allotment of discipline/stream/college allocable to him on the basis of his merit and preference. The Rule further provides that the resultant discipline/stream/college in the open merit category shall be allotted to reserved category candidate who is selected upon the reserved category candidate getting selected in the open merit category.
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