Tennis player in HC for quota seat at Hindu
Delhi High Court
has asked Hindu College to reserve a seat under the sports quota for 2025-26 while it decides a plea seeking its allocation to a lawn tennis gold medallist aspirant.
In a recent hearing, the court also sought details from the college on seats reserved under extracurricular activities (ECA) or sports quotas for its academic year 2025-26.
This was in response to a plea stating that tennis has not been listed as a sport under which a student can seek admission.
Justice Vikas Mahajan directed the administration of the Delhi University college to reserve a seat on a plea by Aditi Rawat, who challenged the non-implementation of the 5% ECA/sports quota by the college for undergraduate admissions, as mandated by DU.
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Her plea stated that the stipulation in the brochure on the sports quota was not being followed by the college.
It contended that based on the number of seats available at the college, it was required to reserve at least 47 seats for the ECA/sports quota. However, only 20 seats (10 for ECA and sports quota each) were reserved by the college, her counsel argued. Further, in the sports quota, the reservation is only for three sports—basketball, cricket and football, it added.
"Hindu College failed to release even a single seat for lawn tennis in this quota, denying the petitioner her right to be considered for admission in her preferred institution on merit," the petition submits.
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Rawat's plea argues that college and DU authorities can't arbitrarily omit an internationally recognised sport from the sports quota matrix, pointing out the "binding mandate of 5% reservation under the CSAS-UG 2025 Policy".
Highlighting that the student-athlete has outstanding qualifications at various levels, such as national-level sports achievements, and also satisfies all eligibility conditions for admission under the quota, the petition seeks direction to the college to reserve one seat for her until the court decides the matter. As per the plea, Rawat applied for admission to DU under the sports quota with Hindu College as her first preference.
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