A poor SC student, who could not deposit his fees at IIT-BHU after clearing it through JEE-Advanced, found much needed support from Justice DK Singh of Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court. The judge volunteered to contribute Rs 15,000 for her admission to the prestigious institution.
The student had secured a 1469 Scheduled Caste rank in JEE Advanced, was unable to pay the seat acceptance fee as her father had just been diagnosed with chronic kidney failure and needed the money for an urgent transplant procedure. The petitioner was allotted a seat at IIT-BHU for mathematics and computing in the counselling. Having fallen short of the required amount, the student had approached the Joint Seat Allocation Authority multiple times for some remedial measure, but had received no response. Once the final date of fee payment lapsed, she lost her seat, and then appealed to the High Court for assistance.
The bench of Justice DK Singh, on Monday, issued directives to the Joint Seat Allocation Authority and IIT-BHU to admit the student in mathematics and computing (five years, bachelor and master of technology, dual degree course). The bench also directed the IIT-BHU authorities to create an extra seat for the SC student, if there was no seat vacant.
Sanskriti had secured 95.6% marks in high school and 94% in Class XII. She had mentioned in her petition that she appeared in the JEE for selection in IITs. She was successful in clearing the exam. She secured 92.77% marks in JEE mains examination and secured her rank at 2062 as an SC category candidate.
Supreme Court’s has given a recent verdict in favour of Prince Jasbir Singh, a student who had landed a seat at IIT Bombay, but wasn’t able to secure admission due to a technical issue.
