VIKRAMAJIT SEN, J.

( 1 ) THIS batch of Writ Petitions lay siege to the Respondent s policy of giving preference for the purposes of admission in educational courses to persons who have cleared the 10+2 examinations from Schools located in the national Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT of Delhi ). Over three decades ago, in kumari N. Vasundara vs. State of Mysore, 1971 (2) Supreme Court Cases 22, the apex Court has extended its imprimatur to an admission precondition mandating as many as of as much as ten years residence in the State where the College is situate.

( 2 ) THE grievance which has been expressed in the Govt. School teachers Association Petitions is to the effect that in several cases students who are regularly domiciled for several years in Delhi along with their parents may be left with no alternative but to take admission in Schools in the satellite townships and environs of Delhi, such as in Noida, Gurgaon etc. The contention is that since these students are domiciled in Delhi they ought not to be excluded from seeking admission in the Delhi University merely because they have schooled in the satellite township of Delhi. One of the eligibility criteria that has been pre

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