Adavya Arya through His Father Manish v. Directorate of Education & Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Once a Disadvantaged Group/EWS student is shortlisted by the Directorate of Education for admission to a school, the school is bound to admit the child to that class in that academic year, unless it has, within the time granted by the DoE, represented against the seat matrix uploaded by the DoE. Following Jai v. Directorate of Education and Arpit v. Adriel High School, the writ petition was allowed and provisional admission was confirmed and made permanent.
What did the court decide?
Provisional admission to KG/Pre-Primary as DG category student confirmed as permanent; petitioner entitled to continue education with all facilities available to such students; no costs.