PaRCha - JNU - JNUSU - 2008 ID-63513
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Unite To Defend Social Justice! Defeat A ll Devious Means to Scuttle OBC Reservations in JNU ! ~'"'(1) i i.l i I 1 .
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Examining JNU's Admission Process With Iwith Chairpersons and Faeul .
Regard to Implementation of OBC Reservation: .
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WHY do OBC seats Remain Unfulfilled~ .
Spc;llu.rs: .
WHAT Must Be Done:-.
Niv·edita Menon '$IS Kamal M. Chenoy,SIS Bhagat Olnam, CPH,SSS S.N.Malakar, SIS, President, JNUTA Rohan D'Souza, CSSP, SSS. .
Anuradha Chenoy, D.K.Lobiyal, SC&~S Russian Studies, SIS K.J.Mukherjeer·~SBT Mohan Rao, CSMCH, SSS Manlnder Thakur,ePS,SSS. Geetha Nambissan, ZHCES, SSS G.Ajay, CPS,SSS Tiplut Nongbri, CSSS, SSS Akhlaq Ahmad, CPCAS, SL .
3rd August, Monday Vivek Kumar, Ashish Agnihotri,CFFS, SL .
2.30 p.m .
CSSS, SSS, General Secy, JNUTA Ajit Kann.a ,CFFS,·sL .
SSS II Co.mmittee Room. .
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Ram Baksh,CIL, SL Parnal Chirmuley, CGS, Sl It is matter of great concern and in fact shame that in a University like JNU which is known primarily for its commit-ment to social justice, OBC reservations are being scuttled in a systematic manner by the JNU administration. For tbe past one year, JNUSU has been pointing out that the criter ia that the JNU administration is adopting for setting cut-off mar.ks for OBC candidates is casteist, fauUy and structurally designed to ensure th·at mandated· OBC seats wfH never be filled. Moreover, the administration's craftily designed criteria are violative of various Supreme Court verdicts and MHRD's explicit directives on the mode of implementation of the OBC Reservation Act. .
In a clearly illegal manner, the JNU administration sets the cut-off mark for OBC candidates by giving them a I0-mark .
"relaxation'' from the mark of last general category student In other words, the administration expects the enlire OBC quo.ta of27% to.be fil.led in this narrow band of l 0 marks. By,. thus reducing the pool of"eHgible" OBC candidates" avaUabte for admission through this £riteria. the JNU administration is claiming that there are ''no eligible candidates", JNU is ready in principle to admit students from the Gene·ral Category even at 40 marks if seats are available. How come then that an OBC candidate with marks way above 40 is considered 'ineligible' in the OBC category seats even if seats are going vacant? Isn't this an example of blatant double standards? If this is not casteism and discrimination, then what is? .
What JNU administration is essentially doing is killing the very idea of reservations. Through setting the "cut-off" marks for OBC candidates in this manner by unfairly tying their selection to the performance of the general category students. the administration has converted reservation into open competition between the OBC candidates to achieve marks within a smaJI range decided by the performance of general category candidates. Unless this serious anom~ly is cor-.
rected, OBC reservations will never be fulfilled in tbis University, making a complet~ and sbameful mockery of JNU's concern for social justice. .
Last year, after 13 days Indefinite Hunger Strike by JNUSU on this issue, JNU administration formed a Committee under Prof. Ad±tya Mukherjee to "examine, the issue. However, all that the committee did was to put a seal of approval on JNU administration's devious tactics, not only by denying JNUSU any representation under the pretext of "stay on JNUSU elections" but also stonewalling all our reasoned arguments innumerable times. The present JNU administration has indeed created new records of making mockery of any logical dialogue, written agreements-.
now it is hell bent on trivialisiog and violating even the law of the land on implementing reservation, to serve its brazen reactionary agenda. .
Given the nature of challenges and anomalies in the proper implementation of OBC reservation in JNU, a concerted intervention from various comers of the JNU community is the need of the hour. Those committed to social justice will have to build a wide-ranging consensus in JNU to recognize this central stumbling block to the implementation of OBC reservations. Only well concerted efforts can rectify the discrepancies in implementation of the reservation, caused by the deliberate misinterpretation of MHRD directives by the JNU administration. .
rn this regard, JNUSU is organising a symposium on "Examining JNU's Admission Process With Regard to Implemen-tation ofOBC Reservation: WHY do OBC Seats Remain Unfulfilled? WHAT Must Be Done?" with Centre Chairpersons and Faculty Members and JNUTA at the SSS Jl Committee Room at 2.30 p.m. on 3rd August We appeal to the student community to participate in this symposium along with faculty members to ensure that immediate steps are taken for .
course correction. Sandeep Shephalika MobeenAiam .
2.8.09 President, JNUSU Vice~Pres.ident, JNUSU Jt. Secy.J JNUSU .
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PaRCha - JNU - JNUSU - 2008 ID-63513
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Unite To Defend Social Justice! Defeat A ll Devious Means to Scuttle OBC Reservations in JNU ! ~'"'(1) i i.l i I 1 .
-.
Examining JNU's Admission Process With Iwith Chairpersons and Faeul .
Regard to Implementation of OBC Reservation: .
.
WHY do OBC seats Remain Unfulfilled~ .
Spc;llu.rs: .
WHAT Must Be Done:-.
Niv·edita Menon '$IS Kamal M. Chenoy,SIS Bhagat Olnam, CPH,SSS S.N.Malakar, SIS, President, JNUTA Rohan D'Souza, CSSP, SSS. .
Anuradha Chenoy, D.K.Lobiyal, SC&~S Russian Studies, SIS K.J.Mukherjeer·~SBT Mohan Rao, CSMCH, SSS Manlnder Thakur,ePS,SSS. Geetha Nambissan, ZHCES, SSS G.Ajay, CPS,SSS Tiplut Nongbri, CSSS, SSS Akhlaq Ahmad, CPCAS, SL .
3rd August, Monday Vivek Kumar, Ashish Agnihotri,CFFS, SL .
2.30 p.m .
CSSS, SSS, General Secy, JNUTA Ajit Kann.a ,CFFS,·sL .
SSS II Co.mmittee Room. .
.
Ram Baksh,CIL, SL Parnal Chirmuley, CGS, Sl It is matter of great concern and in fact shame that in a University like JNU which is known primarily for its commit-ment to social justice, OBC reservations are being scuttled in a systematic manner by the JNU administration. For tbe past one year, JNUSU has been pointing out that the criter ia that the JNU administration is adopting for setting cut-off mar.ks for OBC candidates is casteist, fauUy and structurally designed to ensure th·at mandated· OBC seats wfH never be filled. Moreover, the administration's craftily designed criteria are violative of various Supreme Court verdicts and MHRD's explicit directives on the mode of implementation of the OBC Reservation Act. .
In a clearly illegal manner, the JNU administration sets the cut-off mark for OBC candidates by giving them a I0-mark .
"relaxation'' from the mark of last general category student In other words, the administration expects the enlire OBC quo.ta of27% to.be fil.led in this narrow band of l 0 marks. By,. thus reducing the pool of"eHgible" OBC candidates" avaUabte for admission through this £riteria. the JNU administration is claiming that there are ''no eligible candidates", JNU is ready in principle to admit students from the Gene·ral Category even at 40 marks if seats are available. How come then that an OBC candidate with marks way above 40 is considered 'ineligible' in the OBC category seats even if seats are going vacant? Isn't this an example of blatant double standards? If this is not casteism and discrimination, then what is? .
What JNU administration is essentially doing is killing the very idea of reservations. Through setting the "cut-off" marks for OBC candidates in this manner by unfairly tying their selection to the performance of the general category students. the administration has converted reservation into open competition between the OBC candidates to achieve marks within a smaJI range decided by the performance of general category candidates. Unless this serious anom~ly is cor-.
rected, OBC reservations will never be fulfilled in tbis University, making a complet~ and sbameful mockery of JNU's concern for social justice. .
Last year, after 13 days Indefinite Hunger Strike by JNUSU on this issue, JNU administration formed a Committee under Prof. Ad±tya Mukherjee to "examine, the issue. However, all that the committee did was to put a seal of approval on JNU administration's devious tactics, not only by denying JNUSU any representation under the pretext of "stay on JNUSU elections" but also stonewalling all our reasoned arguments innumerable times. The present JNU administration has indeed created new records of making mockery of any logical dialogue, written agreements-.
now it is hell bent on trivialisiog and violating even the law of the land on implementing reservation, to serve its brazen reactionary agenda. .
Given the nature of challenges and anomalies in the proper implementation of OBC reservation in JNU, a concerted intervention from various comers of the JNU community is the need of the hour. Those committed to social justice will have to build a wide-ranging consensus in JNU to recognize this central stumbling block to the implementation of OBC reservations. Only well concerted efforts can rectify the discrepancies in implementation of the reservation, caused by the deliberate misinterpretation of MHRD directives by the JNU administration. .
rn this regard, JNUSU is organising a symposium on "Examining JNU's Admission Process With Regard to Implemen-tation ofOBC Reservation: WHY do OBC Seats Remain Unfulfilled? WHAT Must Be Done?" with Centre Chairpersons and Faculty Members and JNUTA at the SSS Jl Committee Room at 2.30 p.m. on 3rd August We appeal to the student community to participate in this symposium along with faculty members to ensure that immediate steps are taken for .
course correction. Sandeep Shephalika MobeenAiam .
2.8.09 President, JNUSU Vice~Pres.ident, JNUSU Jt. Secy.J JNUSU .
I -.
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~-I.'PF rf?.ft ' o 0 ''t 't ... ,.. 'p·ll 1 ) .. ., ;,.
k 0 rl" ··~ rl I 'of r (:I I .
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