On 24 August 2017, JNUTA submitted a petition to the Parliamentary Committee on OBC Welfare set to meet later that day. The petition draws attention to the failure of OBC reservation in the 2017-18 research degree admissions, and has been supported by Shri Hussain Dalwai, Rajya Sabha MP and a member of the Committee. In this petition, the JNUTA has asked the Committee to:
- Question representatives of MHRD / UGC on effect of UGC regulations, 2016 on intake of students in M.Phil and PhD and particularly affecting availability of sufficient number of reserved seats for OBC students.
- Question representatives from the JNU administration on implementation of reservation policy in admission of students and for teaching and non-teaching staff. Other stakeholders like Teachers Association / Students Union may also be invited for presenting their views before the Committee, not just from JNU, but other Central Universities as well.
- Study the impact of the UGC regulations across all Central Universities and suggest suitable modifications to the MHRD so that there is no negative effect on reservation of OBC students.
The full petition is as below:
Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers Association 