Regarding the cap on admissions in various degree courses in Government degree colleges and Government aided degree colleges, the Uttarakhand High Court appointed court commissioner reached DAV (PG) College and met the college principal Devendra Bhasin, teachers’ association office bearers on Monday.
Sources said that college principal Bhasin informed the commissioner Sharad Sharma about college infrastructure and students’ enrollment in the previous year and High Court’s direction about students’ enrollment in the college this year.
DAV (PG) College teachers union president SP Mittal said, "We have met the court commissioner and submitted a document highlighting poor condition of college building and lack of basic amenities and other infrastructural constraints, students’ strength, faculty’s working hours and other issues."
It should be mentioned here that regarding the cap on admissions in various government colleges and government aided colleges, the government had submitted a supplementary affidavit in the Uttarakhand High Court.
The HC had appointed a senior advocate as court commissioner with instruction to submit report on this issue after meeting with government officers, college principals and students on July 21.
Earlier, Uttarakhand High Court, in writ petition (PIl) no 164 of 2013 had observed that the institutions under the HNB Garhwal University are permitting more admissions than their permitted intake; mandatory minimum 180 days of teaching a year are not being followed and the teachers are not available in the institutions for five hours a day.