Hindu College Staff Association Passes No-Confidence Motion Against Principal

The Hindu College Staff Association has passed a no-confidence motion against college principal Anju Srivastava in New Delhi, citing alleged irregularities in admissions conducted under the sports and Extra-Curricular Activities (ECA) quotas.

The association alleged that excess admissions were granted in specific academic programmes despite the issue having been raised and flagged within the college earlier.

According to Delhi University regulations, admissions under the sports and ECA quotas combined can account for up to 5% of a college's total student intake. For Hindu College, this quota translated to a total of 48 seats, comprising 33 seats under the sports category and 15 seats under the ECA category.

University guidelines further mandate that no single academic programme can receive more than 20% of the total quota seats. Under this ceiling, an individual programme could be allocated a maximum of seven sports seats and three ECA seats.

However, the allocations exceeded the prescribed limits in multiple departments. The commerce programme was allotted 11 sports seats and six ECA seats, bringing its total to 17 quota admissions, which is seven seats over the permitted threshold. Similarly, the political science programme received nine sports seats and six ECA seats, totaling 15 admissions and exceeding its permissible quota by five seats.

The discrepancies were initially flagged by the college’s ECA and sports committees during a staff council meeting. Following the internal objections, the principal wrote to Delhi University’s dean of admissions on August 11, seeking clarification regarding the seat allocations processed through the university's centralised admission portal.

In her communication to the university administration, the principal requested officials to verify the allocation data and rectify the seat distribution at the earliest.