‘No admission roadblock after SC's OBC order'
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Kolkata: The Supreme Court order on Monday regarding the OBC reservation issue removes all roadblocks from publishing the CAP (centralised admission portal) merit list after July 30, senior Bengal officials said on Monday.
The legal team advising the education department on this matter clearly stated that there was no legal roadblock to proceed with the UG admissions as per the 2025 OBC list.
According to the updated 2025 OBC list, 76 communities have been additionally classified as OBC A and B categories. Earlier, the 2010 OBC list had 64 OBC communities. This has also increased the OBC reservations from 7% before 2010 to 17% in 2025. The continued legal ambiguity over the process prompted the education dept to revise its CAP admission deadline three times.
The first deadline was July 1, the second was July 15, and the third was July 25.
Now it has been extended till July 30. The ambiguity has not only held back CAP but also the crucial WBJEE results. Presidency University admissions were also delayed due to this.
Merit list publication was pending for undergraduate college admission due to this issue. The deadline for receiving applications for UG courses was extended till July 30.
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State education minister Bratya Basu posted on X handle, saying, "Today's stay in the Hon'ble Supreme Court is a moral victory of our Hon'ble Chief Minister Smt Mamata Banerjee. We in the higher education department already anticipated this and are fully prepared to take appropriate actions immediately.
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After this order, department officials are relieved that no further extension is required as the Supreme Court gave a clear order on Monday.
A higher official said, "We are waiting for the order copy after which the final process will be initiated."
The department will soon upload a link for the students to submit their category details and update choices. According to Debanjan Mandal, managing partner, Fox & Mandal, which is advising the Bengal govt, around nine lakh UG admissions were impacted. "The shadow of uncertainty over the undergraduate admissions has been lifted by the apex court order.
The order will now ease the process," he told TOI.
The admission limbo was primarily for students from the additional 76 OBC communities. An earlier Calcutta High Court order allowed the 64 pre-2010 OBC groups to apply. The issue posed no difficulty to them. Applicants belonging to the additional 76 groups could not avail themselves of their OBC reservation quota. "Reservation is not a charity; it is a constitutional mandate.
And it is settled in law — also reiterated by the apex court today — that the executive is well within its right to make this decision," Mandal added.
Retired Justice Ashim Kumar Banerjee, who also heads the state backward classes commission — the body which recommended the fresh OBC list to the Bengal govt — told TOI, "I have not seen the SC order. But from what I have heard, there remains no hurdles to implement the 2025 OBC list in Bengal. I am absolutely sure about that. Moreover, it was not the OBC list which was under challenge in Calcutta High Court, it was the manner it was being implemented.
I have no two views on it, the fresh OBC list can be implemented now."
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