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by falsepropaganda. This intake of 2008 is an incontrovertible 18% increase in seats over that of 2006 that cannot be taken back or altered.
by the university in any future. Fresh lists are still being broughtout. and we mustdo theutmost to ensure that all seats are duly filled..
However. the misplaced debate over a non-existent 'seat-cut' is a motivated smokescreen that is deliberately deflecting from the realproblem at hand: the fraudulent criterion behind non-fulfilment of OBC quota-an issue on which the pec!dlers of lie of "seat-cut" arecompletely silent. This matter calls for vigilant monitoring and scrutiny: and the JNUSU's careful scrutiny of the process has identified thatillegalcalculation of ·cut-off is the cause for non-fulfilmentofOBC quota. This is explained below..
Why is the OBC quota in JNU not being fulfilled: Where lies the administration's fraud?.
The present moment is acriticaljuncturein implementing OBCreservations. Until lastyear.OBCstudents seekingadmission were given5extramarks on.
.
the basis of the deprivation point system. According totheOBCreservationlaw.OBC students canbegiven ar~ductionofupto 10 marks.Whyis it thatwith.
a5mark reduction. OBC students constituted 12% of the university's strength.while wit11 reservation JNU is notable to fulfil even lhis number?Clearly,there 1s adiscrepancy 1n the way JNU isimplementing tile quota..
Inthe meeting of the Standing Committee heldon 111h August. the JNUSU Office-Bearers exposedthe completeillegality of the basis on which the JNUAdministration is defining and implementing the :awon OBC reservation..
According to the law and the MHRDdirectives, the university must fix "cut-off marks" torboth unreserved and OBC candidates well in time. This.
cut-off isinstitution specific: itis the clearparameter onwhich itis evaluated whetherstudents fit the standards oftheinstitution ornot. In JNU, for the.
unreserved candidates the cut off mark is 40, meaning that this is the benchmark that sets the standard of the university. The Supreme.
Court hasstated that a maximum r_elaxation of 10 points can be given to OBC candidate withregard to the un-reservedcandidates asadifferential..
Accordingly, in JNU, the "cut-off mark" for OBC candidates should stand between 40 and 30. But this is something the university has.
not done. .
The crucialpo1nt of contention hasto do w1th where we apply the 10mark relaxation The Administration ispresentlyarguingthat thisrelaxationisto be.
apphed onmen!. In such acase,letus take the example of aparticular centre:Inthis centre,supjX)se the merit list for the unreserved category is filled between90 to 70 marks.Then,as per the JNU'sargumen~ the 10marks relaxation.
for the OBC candidates means that the quota hasto befilledby studentsgetting marksbetween 70 and 60.In this example,60 marks isthelast benchmark.
for an OBC candidate to getadmission. After this,if the quota is unfulfilled,theremaining seatswill go to the general category..
Iftheremaintngsealsare offered to the general category, then astudentof the general category canbe given aseat at 65marks,or60marks,or 55 marks.In the first s1tuahon.where aseat is given to an unreserved candidategelling 65 marks,thenaseat has already beengivento anOBC candidate at65 marks.which means that the OBC candidatewho has received theseat shouldactuallybeinthe General Category and not inthe OBC merit list!Inthe secondsituation,the general and theOBCcandidates have been admitted at the same cut-off which isillegalasOBC'sshould receivea10mark.
relaxation inthecut-off! .
Inthe third situation, where the general candidateis taken in with 55marks, then thenew general category student is belowin merittothe last candidate.
oftheOBC meritlist! .
'.
·Each of thesesituations is not only absurd, but illegal, and in contravention of the letter and spirit of the law. When contronted by JNUSUon this issue ofblatantillegalities,the Administrationwas left completely silent.As JNUSU''s indefinite hunger strike enters its fifth day, the question to be asked is why is a particular organization bent on targeting.
JNUSU? Why are they harping the issue of a non-existent "seat cut" and remaining completely silent on the illegalities of OBC.
reservation, which is one of the key reasons for non-fulfilment of the increased intake?.
The Challenge that faces us in today's UGBM .
-.
J.
There is avery realchallenge that faces us inthe UGBM today. It is clear that there for aparticularorganization and its allies on campus, the prime concern.
isnotimplementing OBC reservation but targeting JNUSU. They would prefer to undermine JNUSU rather than struggle with JNUSU for social justice,onlyso as toservetheirnarrowpoliticalinterests. .
JNUSU believes that the struggle for social justice cannot be held back by opportunistpolitical forcesthat are spreading false rumours based on afalse.
'smokescreen'.
ofnumbers. Ifthe opportunistpolitics of these organizations is allowed to play havoc, thenthe real focus ofimplementing OBC reservations.
wiU be deflected.What is more, inaforum such as the JNUSU Council meeting,the councillors belonging to aparticularorganization, when asked to darify.
their stand, took the minutedposition that they "do notcare about rules orlegality.» Such an attitude isone ofgrave irresponsibnity for the Central Act.
on OBCreservation is alaw thathas to follow certain provisions.To holct that JNUSU "need not care about any law or rule" for the implementationof such an extremely important ACT of OBC reservation is tantamount to leaving the field open to anti-reservation forces both inside.
and outside the administration to challenge and obstruct the implementation of OBC reservation. This is an illegal and motivatedposition that JNUSU opposes in every way..
JNUSUas acollective student body has always stood on the side of social justice. The implementation of OBC reservation in this campus has.
required vigilance and struggle every inch of the way.At each juncture,JNUSU hasinformed the studentex>mmunity of the developments at hand. We thankthe student community for their support at every juncture. JNUSU appeals to the student community to stand in solidarity with JNUSU intoday's UGBM against all those forces that have been targeting the union based on misleading and legally untenable arguments, andto ensure that the struggle against all existing anomalies in JNU's admission process, for fulfilment of PH, OBC, SC/ST quota and overallintake, extension of date of admission and for social justice is a victorious one..
JNUSU contJratulates the students for their support for the ongoinq Indefinite Hunger Strike and their spiritedparticipation in today·s Demonstration at UGC. tJGC Secretary met the JNUSU Delegation. On hearing ourposition !}'!____wrong application of OBC cut-off rules he assured to intervene with JN'U today itself..
Sandeep .
Pallavi Deka.
President, .JNUSU ~M06eenATam.
Gen. Secy., JNUSU .
Jt. Secy.. JNUSU .
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PaRCha - JNU - JNUSU - 2006 ID-62352
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c-·~, r .
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by falsepropaganda. This intake of 2008 is an incontrovertible 18% increase in seats over that of 2006 that cannot be taken back or altered.
by the university in any future. Fresh lists are still being broughtout. and we mustdo theutmost to ensure that all seats are duly filled..
However. the misplaced debate over a non-existent 'seat-cut' is a motivated smokescreen that is deliberately deflecting from the realproblem at hand: the fraudulent criterion behind non-fulfilment of OBC quota-an issue on which the pec!dlers of lie of "seat-cut" arecompletely silent. This matter calls for vigilant monitoring and scrutiny: and the JNUSU's careful scrutiny of the process has identified thatillegalcalculation of ·cut-off is the cause for non-fulfilmentofOBC quota. This is explained below..
Why is the OBC quota in JNU not being fulfilled: Where lies the administration's fraud?.
The present moment is acriticaljuncturein implementing OBCreservations. Until lastyear.OBCstudents seekingadmission were given5extramarks on.
.
the basis of the deprivation point system. According totheOBCreservationlaw.OBC students canbegiven ar~ductionofupto 10 marks.Whyis it thatwith.
a5mark reduction. OBC students constituted 12% of the university's strength.while wit11 reservation JNU is notable to fulfil even lhis number?Clearly,there 1s adiscrepancy 1n the way JNU isimplementing tile quota..
Inthe meeting of the Standing Committee heldon 111h August. the JNUSU Office-Bearers exposedthe completeillegality of the basis on which the JNUAdministration is defining and implementing the :awon OBC reservation..
According to the law and the MHRDdirectives, the university must fix "cut-off marks" torboth unreserved and OBC candidates well in time. This.
cut-off isinstitution specific: itis the clearparameter onwhich itis evaluated whetherstudents fit the standards oftheinstitution ornot. In JNU, for the.
unreserved candidates the cut off mark is 40, meaning that this is the benchmark that sets the standard of the university. The Supreme.
Court hasstated that a maximum r_elaxation of 10 points can be given to OBC candidate withregard to the un-reservedcandidates asadifferential..
Accordingly, in JNU, the "cut-off mark" for OBC candidates should stand between 40 and 30. But this is something the university has.
not done. .
The crucialpo1nt of contention hasto do w1th where we apply the 10mark relaxation The Administration ispresentlyarguingthat thisrelaxationisto be.
apphed onmen!. In such acase,letus take the example of aparticular centre:Inthis centre,supjX)se the merit list for the unreserved category is filled between90 to 70 marks.Then,as per the JNU'sargumen~ the 10marks relaxation.
for the OBC candidates means that the quota hasto befilledby studentsgetting marksbetween 70 and 60.In this example,60 marks isthelast benchmark.
for an OBC candidate to getadmission. After this,if the quota is unfulfilled,theremaining seatswill go to the general category..
Iftheremaintngsealsare offered to the general category, then astudentof the general category canbe given aseat at 65marks,or60marks,or 55 marks.In the first s1tuahon.where aseat is given to an unreserved candidategelling 65 marks,thenaseat has already beengivento anOBC candidate at65 marks.which means that the OBC candidatewho has received theseat shouldactuallybeinthe General Category and not inthe OBC merit list!Inthe secondsituation,the general and theOBCcandidates have been admitted at the same cut-off which isillegalasOBC'sshould receivea10mark.
relaxation inthecut-off! .
Inthe third situation, where the general candidateis taken in with 55marks, then thenew general category student is belowin merittothe last candidate.
oftheOBC meritlist! .
'.
·Each of thesesituations is not only absurd, but illegal, and in contravention of the letter and spirit of the law. When contronted by JNUSUon this issue ofblatantillegalities,the Administrationwas left completely silent.As JNUSU''s indefinite hunger strike enters its fifth day, the question to be asked is why is a particular organization bent on targeting.
JNUSU? Why are they harping the issue of a non-existent "seat cut" and remaining completely silent on the illegalities of OBC.
reservation, which is one of the key reasons for non-fulfilment of the increased intake?.
The Challenge that faces us in today's UGBM .
-.
J.
There is avery realchallenge that faces us inthe UGBM today. It is clear that there for aparticularorganization and its allies on campus, the prime concern.
isnotimplementing OBC reservation but targeting JNUSU. They would prefer to undermine JNUSU rather than struggle with JNUSU for social justice,onlyso as toservetheirnarrowpoliticalinterests. .
JNUSU believes that the struggle for social justice cannot be held back by opportunistpolitical forcesthat are spreading false rumours based on afalse.
'smokescreen'.
ofnumbers. Ifthe opportunistpolitics of these organizations is allowed to play havoc, thenthe real focus ofimplementing OBC reservations.
wiU be deflected.What is more, inaforum such as the JNUSU Council meeting,the councillors belonging to aparticularorganization, when asked to darify.
their stand, took the minutedposition that they "do notcare about rules orlegality.» Such an attitude isone ofgrave irresponsibnity for the Central Act.
on OBCreservation is alaw thathas to follow certain provisions.To holct that JNUSU "need not care about any law or rule" for the implementationof such an extremely important ACT of OBC reservation is tantamount to leaving the field open to anti-reservation forces both inside.
and outside the administration to challenge and obstruct the implementation of OBC reservation. This is an illegal and motivatedposition that JNUSU opposes in every way..
JNUSUas acollective student body has always stood on the side of social justice. The implementation of OBC reservation in this campus has.
required vigilance and struggle every inch of the way.At each juncture,JNUSU hasinformed the studentex>mmunity of the developments at hand. We thankthe student community for their support at every juncture. JNUSU appeals to the student community to stand in solidarity with JNUSU intoday's UGBM against all those forces that have been targeting the union based on misleading and legally untenable arguments, andto ensure that the struggle against all existing anomalies in JNU's admission process, for fulfilment of PH, OBC, SC/ST quota and overallintake, extension of date of admission and for social justice is a victorious one..
JNUSU contJratulates the students for their support for the ongoinq Indefinite Hunger Strike and their spiritedparticipation in today·s Demonstration at UGC. tJGC Secretary met the JNUSU Delegation. On hearing ourposition !}'!____wrong application of OBC cut-off rules he assured to intervene with JN'U today itself..
Sandeep .
Pallavi Deka.
President, .JNUSU ~M06eenATam.
Gen. Secy., JNUSU .
Jt. Secy.. JNUSU .
.