Team News Riveting
Allahabad, November 30
Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh of Allahabad High Court on Monday showed the human gesture and helped a Dalit student to pay the fee.
Sanskriti Ranjan’s admission to Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) has been hanging in the balance as she cannot afford to pay Rs 15,000 seat allotment fees due to financial constraints. She had secured 95.6 percent marks in 10th and 94 percent marks in 12th. She appeared in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for selection in the IITs and was successful in clearing the exam.
With 92.77 percentile marks in JEE Mains Examination, she was ranked 2,062 rank as Scheduled Caste category candidate. Sanskriti had applied for JEE Advanced and cleared the same with 1,469 rank in Scheduled Caste category.
The counsel for petitioner informed the Court that Ranjan was not able to pay the amount of Rs 15,000 for seat acceptance as her father has been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease and was advised to undergo kidney transplant. It was further submitted that petitioner and her father had written to Joint Seat Allocation Authority many times seeking extension of time for payment of fees but received no reply.
Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh volunteered to contribute the fee and handed over the money to the petitioner girl after court hours.
“Considering the facts of the present case, where a young bright dalit girl student has come before this Court seeking equity jurisdiction to enable to pursue her dream of getting admitted in the I.I.T., this Court on its own has volunteered to contribute Rs.15,000 the fee for allocation of the seat. The said amount has been handed over to the petitioner after court hours today itself,” the Court noted in its order.
The Court also directed the University to create a supernumerary seat for the petitioner, if there is no seat vacant and asked the petitioner to report to the campus within three days, along with the necessary documents for admission.
