Forum of Academics for Social Justice urged Delhi University to collect five years of admission data from all colleges and departments before 2026-27 admissions begin. In a letter to Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh, it claimed reserved seats for SC, ST, OBC, EWS and PwD candidates remain vacant despite colleges admitting 10% above sanctioned strength annually.

New Delhi, May 25: A teachers' body has appealed to the Delhi University administration to requisition admission data of the past five years from all colleges and departments before commencing the admission process for the 2026-27 academic session, claiming that reserved category seats continue to remain vacant despite enrolments exceeding the sanctioned intake.

In a letter to DU Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh, the Forum of Academics for Social Justice claimed that colleges routinely increase admissions by 10 per cent over their sanctioned strength while failing to fill seats reserved for SC, ST, OBC, EWS and persons with disability (PwD) categories.

The Forum said the university should issue a circular to principals and heads of departments seeking detailed admission records for the previous five years across undergraduate, postgraduate, PhD, BEd, MEd, MBA, journalism, diploma and certificate programmes before the admission exercise begins.

It also alleged that several colleges and departments were not implementing the reservation guidelines issued by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Ministry of Education fully.