The Centre's plea will come up for hearing before a bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and L S Panta, which had stayed the implementation of certain provisions of the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admissions) Act enabling a quota in institutions like IIMs, IITs and AIIMS.
Experts opine that the Government has the tough task of satisfying the court today that its application for clarification and vacation of the March 29 stay is not a petition for a review of the interim order.
When the Centre mentioned its application on April 18 for an early hearing before the same bench, it was told that it first had to satisfy the “maintainability” of the petition as its essence appeared to be seeking a review of the March 29 order.
After the case was posted for April 23, under pressure form the HRD-ministry, the IIMs decided to keep on hold admissions to their programmes for the coming academic year, and have adopted a wait-and-watch stance.
The much-anticipated meeting of all IIM directors, scheduled for April 20, was called off following a strongly worded letter from the ministry.
