Delhi HC Allows Open School Students For JAC Counselling Without Class 12 Results

Last Updated:June 03, 2025, 10:44 IST

The Delhi High Court allowed open school students to join JAC counselling for engineering and architecture courses despite Class 12 result delays.

JAC Counselling 2025: In a major relief for open school students waiting for their Class 12 results, the Delhi High Court has allowed them to take part in the Joint Admission Committee (JAC) counselling for engineering and architecture courses offered by Delhi government-funded universities, as reported by ANI.

JAC is a group of institutions that conduct admissions based on JEE (Main) scores. Normally, it schedules counselling after the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) releases Class 12 results.

However, this year, JAC closed its registration process on June 2, before the NIOS results were announced. This left many deserving open school students unable to apply, despite having good JEE scores.

According to ANI report, one of the students, Om Upadhyay, who comes from the Economically Weaker Section (EWS), moved to the Delhi High Court on May 28. Om had scored an impressive 97.7 percentile in the JEE-Mains exam but was unable to register for counselling due to the delay in the result declaration.

Other students facing the same issue joined him in the petition. They argued that students should not miss out on opportunities simply because of a delay in the board results and requested permission for provisional registration.

On May 30, the Delhi High Court passed an order in their favour. The court directed JAC to allow these students to register physically on June 2 and to give them another chance for online registration on June 19, even if they don’t have their Class 12 results yet.

The court also asked NIOS to try and declare the Class 12 results by June 17, 2025, so that students can meet the admission timelines. In addition, JAC was told to inform other students in similar situations about this option so they can also register and participate in the counselling process.

Following the count’s order, JAC has released the revised schedule for JAC Counselling 2025 opening the registration window for a single day on June 19, 2025 before Round 2.  According to the official schedule, those candidates who failed to register in the initial window will be able to register and complete the choice filling/editing process from 10 AM to 10.30 PM.

Candidates must note that registration will not be allowed any further before any round throughout the JAC Delhi Admission Cycle. Applications received without a prescribed registration fee of Rs 1500 will not be considered.

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