<p>The High Court on Friday sought a response from the Delhi University on a plea filed by a group of colleges seeking exemption from reserving seats for students from Other Backward Classes as they were minority-run institutions.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A division bench of Justices Veena Birbal and Manmohan Singh asked the DU to file a response by June 25 — the next date of hearing.<br /><br />Four colleges run by Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC), constituted under the Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act, had approached the court challenging a single judge’s order directing them to continue with the admission process in accordance with the DU guidelines that lay down reservation for Schedule Castes/Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes students.<br /><br />Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, Guru Gobind Singh College, Mata Sundari College and Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College – were declared minority institutes last year. <br /><br />They contended that the reservation policy was not applicable to them in view of a Supreme Court verdict on OBC reservations.</p>
<p>The High Court on Friday sought a response from the Delhi University on a plea filed by a group of colleges seeking exemption from reserving seats for students from Other Backward Classes as they were minority-run institutions.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A division bench of Justices Veena Birbal and Manmohan Singh asked the DU to file a response by June 25 — the next date of hearing.<br /><br />Four colleges run by Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC), constituted under the Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act, had approached the court challenging a single judge’s order directing them to continue with the admission process in accordance with the DU guidelines that lay down reservation for Schedule Castes/Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes students.<br /><br />Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, Guru Gobind Singh College, Mata Sundari College and Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College – were declared minority institutes last year. <br /><br />They contended that the reservation policy was not applicable to them in view of a Supreme Court verdict on OBC reservations.</p>