After receiving a nod from the High Court for its minority status, Delhi University's Sri Guru Singh Teg Bahadur (SGTB) Khalsa College of the North campus has good news for its aspirants.
The college will have 50 per cent reserved seats for the Sikh candidates. Also, it would release separate merit list for the Sikh candidates and Non-Sikh candidates.
“Yes, we would release separate merit list for the Sikh candidates and non- Sikh category would be separate. I have not seen the High Court order yet but now that the minority status has been given we will give the admission under 50 per cent Sikh quota,” Principal of the college, Dr Jaswinder Singh told The Pioneer.
The order of the High Court came on Monday, while the candidates have already filled the centralised application form of the Delhi University. The college will give admissions through the centralised process while releasing its own merit list like the Christian minority St Stephen's College and Jesus and Mary College.
Under the non-Sikh category, general and schedule caste and schedule tribe categories are included. “We have not had admissions for the OBC category while for SC/ST we do have. Now, who all we would include in the non-Sikh category would depend on the order,” he added.
Asked if the cut-offs for the Sikh candidates would go up, the principal refused saying the number of applications would be limited.
The colleges, including Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College, Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce and Mata Sundari College for Women and Sri Guru Teg Bahadur College (SGTB), run by Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) had applied for minority status.
While the three college were given the minority status with 50 quota in 2011, the SGTB college faced opposition from one of its teachers who stopped it from getting the minority status.
For the upcoming admission season, the university has decided to come with only five cut-off lists.