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Delhi Edition, 08th July 2008
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Delhi: The third list may be out, but as far as
the Delhi University is concerned, there is going to be
a fourth list — for OBCs. Colleges, on Monday, seemed
to be resigning to not only another list, but also taking
the maximum relaxation route for OBCs since very few OBC
admissions have taken place.
For the general category though, seats seemed to be filling
fast. Said D N Gupta, convenor of admissions committee at
Hindu college, ‘‘Most courses have filled up
and coming out with a fourth list doesn’t look very
possible.’’ It was the same at LSR, where admissions
took centrestage on the first day of admissions in the third
list. While there were a few withdrawals, several queries
came in regarding admissions.
Said a source in the college, ‘‘The number of
admissions was good, so a fourth list is still debatable.
There were several students who wanted to know if they could
withdraw admission from another college to join here. We’re
hoping that more admissions take place in the next two days.’’
However, some courses did see a lukewarm response, with
maths, statistics and Hindi getting few takers even in the
third list.
At KMC too, a steady stream of admissions took place, though
the BCom (H) programme is giving the college some anxious
moments. Said Virender Kumar, vice-principal, ‘‘Though
it’s too early, the admissions in this course have
been very slow. We may go in for a fourth list.’’
For OBC admissions though, the scenario looks quite bleak.
While Gupta admitted that a fourth list for OBCs was inevitable,
the interesting part is that now colleges will be giving
the full relaxation — 10% — as laid down by
the university. Added the LSR official, ‘‘ 10%
relaxation is the maximum we can go to within the framework
of the university rules. But it looks like even that may
not be enough to fill all the seats.’’
Some courses have especially suffered in these reserved
category admissions, with none of the seats being taken
up as yet. At Hindu, the statistics, English, history, zoology
and physical sciences courses have not had a single OBC
admission. At LSR though, it’s the political science,
Hindi and sociology seats that have failed to find takers.
