<p>The Delhi High Court today refused to hear on an urgent basis the UGC-DU row over the four-year undergraduate programme saying it requires an effective hearing which cannot be done by a vacation bench and asked the aggrieved parties to approach it in July after the holidays.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"We understand the situation. The matter requires effective hearing which can't be done by a vacation bench. There will only be a few days delay. It will be heard by the roster bench in July," a bench comprising justices Pratibha Rani and V Kameswar Rao said.<br /><br />The observation was made by the vacation bench before which two cross petitions seeking a final resolution to the conflict between Delhi University and University Grants Commission was listed for hearing.<br /><br />A PIL by an advocate sought restoration of the earlier pattern of three-year honours courses as directed by UGC, while the other, by a group of students admitted in FYUP last year, is against the commission's decision.<br /><br />Senior advocate Meet Malhotra mentioned the matter on behalf of the eight students of Maharaja Agrasen College who are pursuing their four-year course under the FYUP and are in favour of the same, while the PIL seeking scrapping of FYUP and restoration of the earlier three-year programme was mentioned by advocate R K Kapoor.<br /><br />Kapoor has sought a resolution of the "controversy" saying, "Most of the university's colleges are deferring admissions, leading to confusion among lakhs of aspirants just a day before the admission process was to begin."<br /><br />He has contended that "FYUP violates the National Education Policy 1986, which advocates the 10+2+3 system, and therefore it is necessary, that DU must revert to the earlier system". <br /></p>
<p>The Delhi High Court today refused to hear on an urgent basis the UGC-DU row over the four-year undergraduate programme saying it requires an effective hearing which cannot be done by a vacation bench and asked the aggrieved parties to approach it in July after the holidays.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"We understand the situation. The matter requires effective hearing which can't be done by a vacation bench. There will only be a few days delay. It will be heard by the roster bench in July," a bench comprising justices Pratibha Rani and V Kameswar Rao said.<br /><br />The observation was made by the vacation bench before which two cross petitions seeking a final resolution to the conflict between Delhi University and University Grants Commission was listed for hearing.<br /><br />A PIL by an advocate sought restoration of the earlier pattern of three-year honours courses as directed by UGC, while the other, by a group of students admitted in FYUP last year, is against the commission's decision.<br /><br />Senior advocate Meet Malhotra mentioned the matter on behalf of the eight students of Maharaja Agrasen College who are pursuing their four-year course under the FYUP and are in favour of the same, while the PIL seeking scrapping of FYUP and restoration of the earlier three-year programme was mentioned by advocate R K Kapoor.<br /><br />Kapoor has sought a resolution of the "controversy" saying, "Most of the university's colleges are deferring admissions, leading to confusion among lakhs of aspirants just a day before the admission process was to begin."<br /><br />He has contended that "FYUP violates the National Education Policy 1986, which advocates the 10+2+3 system, and therefore it is necessary, that DU must revert to the earlier system". <br /></p>