PaRCha - JNU - Letters to Administration - 2008 ID-66102
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TAWA.HARLAL NEHR .
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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY STUDENTS .
UNION.
NEW DELHI-110067 .
Phones : 2671 7676, 2671 7557, 2670 4741 .
To .
Tht: Vice-Chancellor .
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~~'"July ~00~ .
Dear Sir. .
Sub: Grave in ·ustice in the im 1 .
ementation of reservation for PH students .
It i-; a llHlllcr or l!.r<l\'c concern that a num ber of s · · .
. . ~ enous anomahes have arise · th · ..
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r ·sen allon for PI! students in the universi'ty Asp th 'P . n m c 1mp ementatwn of .
· er e ersons w1th d' bTt' (E 1.
Protection of right . ~sa 11 les. qua Opportunities,.
and Full participation) Act 1995 JNV 1 11.
'tl d' b'l' · · ' ' IS ega Y ound to gve 3%, reservation for .
p r on WI t ISa 1 I ties m both st_udent seats as well as teaching and staff post . Yet JNUSU has und that these norm are not bemg fulfilled by the university, in particular, in the admission ~ edures of thecurrent session. .
In practical terms, if a centre has 17 sea~s, then one seat i' to be reserved for PH students. However, at r l'nt in .JNU there arc many centt·e, w hich possess mot·e than 17 seats yet PH students are not given representation. The justification being provided for this is that as per upreme Court guidelines there · he more than 50% reservation in a uni versity. This is spurious interpretation so for PH category .
tinn is concerned. But it was clearly resolved in the academic council that 3% reservation is provided n .til~ . 1\nd at any rate since only 12% OBC reservation is provided, the issue of 50% bar does not .
I. Further. given that students with disabilities are often the most marginalized in spaces of the .
_ it and public life, and have to fight every inch ofthe way for obtaining their rights and entitlements, em reservation within the univer ity is a grave injustice. .
·: Char1cr of Demands, JNUSU had raised and sought the implementation of a number of a ·e the campus more sensitive to the needs of PH students and to increase accessibility. In the malie , JNU U dem ands that the JNU Administt·a tion remedy all these discrepancies c \\ li t to ensure that adequate reservation is provided for PII student in all the in this vc-y academic yea1·. .
Yours sincerely .
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President, JNUSU .
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PaRCha - JNU - Letters to Administration - 2008 ID-66102
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.
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TAWA.HARLAL NEHR .
.
T T DE .
.
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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY STUDENTS .
UNION.
NEW DELHI-110067 .
Phones : 2671 7676, 2671 7557, 2670 4741 .
To .
Tht: Vice-Chancellor .
.
.I 1\: l . .
~~'"July ~00~ .
Dear Sir. .
Sub: Grave in ·ustice in the im 1 .
ementation of reservation for PH students .
It i-; a llHlllcr or l!.r<l\'c concern that a num ber of s · · .
. . ~ enous anomahes have arise · th · ..
1 .
r ·sen allon for PI! students in the universi'ty Asp th 'P . n m c 1mp ementatwn of .
· er e ersons w1th d' bTt' (E 1.
Protection of right . ~sa 11 les. qua Opportunities,.
and Full participation) Act 1995 JNV 1 11.
'tl d' b'l' · · ' ' IS ega Y ound to gve 3%, reservation for .
p r on WI t ISa 1 I ties m both st_udent seats as well as teaching and staff post . Yet JNUSU has und that these norm are not bemg fulfilled by the university, in particular, in the admission ~ edures of thecurrent session. .
In practical terms, if a centre has 17 sea~s, then one seat i' to be reserved for PH students. However, at r l'nt in .JNU there arc many centt·e, w hich possess mot·e than 17 seats yet PH students are not given representation. The justification being provided for this is that as per upreme Court guidelines there · he more than 50% reservation in a uni versity. This is spurious interpretation so for PH category .
tinn is concerned. But it was clearly resolved in the academic council that 3% reservation is provided n .til~ . 1\nd at any rate since only 12% OBC reservation is provided, the issue of 50% bar does not .
I. Further. given that students with disabilities are often the most marginalized in spaces of the .
_ it and public life, and have to fight every inch ofthe way for obtaining their rights and entitlements, em reservation within the univer ity is a grave injustice. .
·: Char1cr of Demands, JNUSU had raised and sought the implementation of a number of a ·e the campus more sensitive to the needs of PH students and to increase accessibility. In the malie , JNU U dem ands that the JNU Administt·a tion remedy all these discrepancies c \\ li t to ensure that adequate reservation is provided for PII student in all the in this vc-y academic yea1·. .
Yours sincerely .
z~c .
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President, JNUSU .
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