EWS Category Archives

Delhi HC directs Directorate of Education to issue notices/circulars related to admission under EWS category in Hindi to prevent non-compliance due to language barriers

‘The dual-language approach will help in preventing future instances of non-compliance due to language barriers and ensure that the rights and opportunities are accessible to all citizens, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds.’

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Candidate applying for admission to Kendriya Vidyalaya School in EWS category need to furnish certificate from State Government where school is situated: Delhi HC

“It is also important to note that Kendriya Vidyalaya’s are not schools recognised under the Delhi School Education Act, 1973 or the rules made thereunder and these schools are not bound to follow local Acts and Regulations of every State.”

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‘Secured more marks than minimum qualifying marks for general category’; Delhi HC directs Centre to consider EWS candidate under General Category for post of Navik (General Duty)

“Purpose of examination is to screen out best candidates available for job and since petitioner obtained more than minimum required marks, he should have been considered for Stage-II under General Category as his rejection is not based on merit but only on account of document verification.”

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Last date for admission in EWS category is 31st December of any given academic year; belated admission impermissible: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court held that belated admission in a particular academic year would be totally dehors the scheme of the Delhi School Education Act and Rules, 1973 and would be counterproductive to the very purpose of reserving seats for children belonging to the EWS category.

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Delhi High Court | All schools to ensure that no EWS category student, recommended by the Department of Education, is denied admission

Justice CD Singh echoed Swami Vivekananda’s words that “Now if the mountain does not come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain. If the poor boy cannot come to education, education must go to him.”

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COVID-19 | Bom HC | Person under EWS or Indigent persons category, if suffering from COVID-19, is not expected to produce any certificate of proof to seek admission in hospital & avail benefits

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of R.D. Dhanuka and Madhav J. Jamdar, JJ., held that, a person suffering from COVID-19 falling under