Summary:
The government had argued that it has already initiated the third round of admission on the basis of current choices. It should be noted that as per the Act 25% quota in schools is to be reserved for admission under RTE. The court observed that against the vacant seats 41,000 students who had applied for the admission were yet to be granted one. The direction comes following a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed with the court to ensure that maximum underprivileged students get admission in neighbouring schools under the Right to Education Act (RTE). The court observed that despite two rounds of admission for allotting eligible students to neighbourhood schools as per the choices indicated by parents, around 33,000 seats under the RTE are yet to be filled..