India, Sept. 2 -- The Delhi High Court directed all colleges affiliated with Delhi University to allocate 5% of their seats for the sports quota for future admissions, from the 2026-27 academic session, terming the reservation mandatory.

The direction was issued by justice Vikas Mahajan last week, on a petition filed by one Aditi Rawat, seeking directions to the Hindu College to allocate a seat to her under the sports quota for lawn tennis, for the academic year 2025-26. The order was delivered on August 25, but was released on Saturday.

In her petition, Rawat's counsel contended that although the admission brochure for undergraduate programmes required colleges to reserve 5% of sanctioned seats for the extra-curricular activities (ECA)...