A division bench of the Gujarat High Court on Thursday asked the state government to place on record the result of a culmination of the third round of admissions on the next date of hearing. 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). Next hearing has been scheduled for September 19. 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. 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 prime reason for this appears to be that while filling the forms, the parents would have indicated limited preference of schools in his or her case and seat in the concerned schools may not be available," the court observed in its order. It should be noted that the petitioner had argued that fresh options should be given to such students to ensure maximum admission is granted under RTE but the state government had cited practical difficulties in adopting such a court. The government had argued that it has already initiated the third round of admission on the basis of current choices.

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