‘Don’t insist on Aadhaar for admission to 1st PU’

HC gave direction on a petition by a 15-year-old student

May 17, 2018 10:17 pm | Updated May 18, 2018 03:07 pm IST

A file picture of the Karnataka High Court in Bangalore.

A file picture of the Karnataka High Court in Bangalore.

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State government and the Department of Pre-University Education not to insist on a copy of Aadhaar for admission of a 15-year-old student to a 1st year pre-university course.

The court passed the interim order on a petition filed by D. Adarsha Bhat, a student residing in Veerakamba village, Bantwal taluk in Dakshina Kannada district.

Questioning the proviso

The petitioner has questioned the provision in the PU Board Enrolment and Educational Activities Guidelines 2018-19, issued by the DPUE, making production of a copy of Aadhaar card compulsory for the admission to 1st year PU courses.

The petitioner had last year approached the High Court against guidelines issued by the authorities concerned making Aadhaar mandatory for submitting an application to appear for the SSLC exams.

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