Chandigarh, July 24 -- Even as the Supreme Court has pulled up the UT administration for the prolonged delay in implementing the Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota in educational institutions in its jurisdiction, Panjab University (PU) is unlikely to implement OBC reservation for the 2025-26 session.

As per the admission handbook of 2025, PU offers 5% reservation to backward classes, but not the 27% reservation for OBC students, mandated as per central rules.

Citing a judgment by the Punjab and Haryana high court, PU vice-chancellor Renu Vig clarified that PU was not a central institute and, thus, didn't need to follow these reservation norms.

In August 2024, the bench of high court chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Vikas Suri had o...