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In a significant decision, the UP Technical University (UPTU) has decided to postpone the counseling for state entrance examination (SEE)-2009, which was scheduled to begin from Friday. The decision has been taken in the wake of a pending special leave petition (SLP) filed by the university against a high court order vis-a-vis reservation in private engineering colleges.

The order was given on a petition filed by some private colleges seeking quashing of reservation in private colleges. The university, however, moved a SLP in the Supreme Court against the said order. University registrar U.S.Tomar said that a Central Admission Committee (CAC) of the university, after discussing all legal formalities, decided that the counseling be postponed until the court delivers a judgment on July 17. He said that it would be after the court decision that the next date for counseling would be decided.

The date, he said, would be announced through the website and media. A notice to this effect, said the UPTU registrar, would be put on July 18. The results of SEE were declared on May 31. There has been a substantial increase in the number of candidates appearing in the SEE over the years. While some 2.62 lakh students had appeared in the SEE in 2008, even as their number rose to 2.72 lakh in 2009.

In fact, the UPTU officials have been insisting that the demand vis-a-vis supply has stabilized. The UPTU has, however, been worried about the low turnout of candidates in the MCA category — only 20,773 students appeared in the stream this year. The examination was conducted at 31 centres including some in the six cities outside the state — Bhopal, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Roorkee, Jaipur and Delhi.

Source : Times Of India