Life Is More Important Than Choice Of Jr College, Says HC

The high court said due to the GR, students “who are waiting to start their second inning by taking admission in junior college are suffering mental trauma, anxiety and tension.”

- Rosy Sequeira

Mumbai: Setting aside the government’s notification to hold a CET for FYJC admissions, the Bombay HC on Tuesday said the state acted contrary to the provisions of the Maharashtra Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Boards Act, 1965 and its Rules and “exceeded its power by issuing the government resolution thereby putting embargo or such condition which would affect the right of such students from other boards to get admission in junior colleges affiliated to the State board as per their choice as per marks secured by them.”

A bench of Justice Ramesh Dhanuka and Justice Riyaz Chagla aid that by imposing a condition that other board’s students appear in a CET based on the SSC syllabus and that priority be given to those who appear for CET in the first phase of admission, the state government “has deprived the students from other statutory boards to compete with the students of the State board.”