Regarding the cap on admissions in various degree Government colleges and Government aided colleges, the Government has recently submitted a supplementary affidavit in the Uttarakhand High Court. The HC had appointed a senior advocate as court commissioner with instruction to submit report over this issue after meeting with government officers, college principals and students on July 21. DAV (PG) College Principal Devendra Bhasin said that admission process will begin soon after court commissioner inspects the college. He further said that admissions in second and third year bachelor degree courses are being done in the college.
It should be mentioned here that earlier, Uttarakhand High court, in writ petition (PIl) number 164 of 2013 had observed that the institutions under the HNB Garhwal Central University are permitting admissions more than their permitted intake; mandatory minimum 180 days of teaching a year are not being ensured and the teachers are not available in the institutions for five hours a day.
Moreover, in compliance with HC order, the University registrar PS Rana had directed that every institution affiliated to this university should specify the course, duration and sanctioned strength in their admission prospectus from the academic session 2014-15. Rana said that the head of the departments will be held responsible for non implementation of minimum teaching of 180 days in a year. Principals and heads of departments, deans of the schools as the case may be, will have to ensure that the faculty members are available in the college/departments for a minimum of five hours a day.