There will be no Common Entrance Test for first year junior college admissions, the Bombay High Court ruled on Tuesday. The court has directed that the FYJC admission process be completed within six weeks. The offline CET was to be held on August 21. The entrance test, introduced for the first time since Std X results were declared without exams, had drawn much criticism, with students and parents questioning its format and timing amid pandemic conditions.

Non-State boards had informed the HC in earlier hearings that they would not be able to provide a new set of questions for the test that could be attempted by their students. Moreover, there was a growing demand for FYJC admissions based on Std X scores.