
JU admission portal opens with 7% OBC reservation
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Kolkata: Jadavpur University opened its admission portal for arts and science undergraduate courses on Friday with 7% seats reserved for OBC candidates. Students can submit their applications till July 3.
While the entrance tests for science subjects, except geology, will be held between July 11 and 14, those for arts subjects, except philosophy and Sanskrit, will be conducted between July 14 and 18. The provisional science merit list will be published by July 22 and that of arts by July 31. The merit list for philosophy and Sanskrit will be published by July 23.
The university has set the OBC reservations according to the Calcutta High Court order of May 2024.
JU was scheduled to open its admission portal on June 18 but postponed it for the second time after HC stayed the gazette notification on OBC till July 3. An official said, "According to legal advice, we will follow the HC judgment, which states there is no existence of OBC-A and OBC-B and only 66 OBC classes, featuring on the state OBC list prior to 2010, can avail of the 7% seat reservation. Candidates provisionally selected under OBC should submit a valid 'non-creamy layer' certificate not earlier than June 19.
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The JU admission notice reads, "The reservation for the OBC... is carried forward subject to orders passed by Calcutta High Court dated May 22, 2024, and relevant State Govt orders."

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JU admission portal opens with 7% OBC reservation
1 2 Kolkata: Jadavpur University opened its admission portal for arts and science undergraduate courses on Friday with 7% seats reserved for OBC candidates. Students can submit their applications till July 3. While the entrance tests for science subjects, except geology, will be held between July 11 and 14, those for arts subjects, except philosophy and Sanskrit, will be conducted between July 14 and 18. The provisional science merit list will be published by July 22 and that of arts by July 31. The merit list for philosophy and Sanskrit will be published by July 23. The university has set the OBC reservations according to the Calcutta High Court order of May 2024. JU was scheduled to open its admission portal on June 18 but postponed it for the second time after HC stayed the gazette notification on OBC till July 3. An official said, "According to legal advice, we will follow the HC judgment, which states there is no existence of OBC-A and OBC-B and only 66 OBC classes, featuring on the state OBC list prior to 2010, can avail of the 7% seat reservation. Candidates provisionally selected under OBC should submit a valid 'non-creamy layer' certificate not earlier than June 19. " The JU admission notice reads, "The reservation for the OBC... is carried forward subject to orders passed by Calcutta High Court dated May 22, 2024, and relevant State Govt orders."