Almost all unreserved seats across undergraduate courses at St. Stephen’s College were filled in the first round of seat allocation, Delhi University’s dean of admission said on Tuesday.

Last Wednesday the Supreme Court had refused to stay a Delhi High Court order that directed St. Stephen’s College, a minority institution, to admit non-minority students on the sole basis of marks obtained in the Common University Entrance Test and not through interviews.

Admissions to minority seats reserved for Christians is underway. There are 450 seats across 11 undergraduate courses in the college.

St. Stephen’s now-dropped prospectus had said 85 per cent weightage would be given to the CUET score and 15 per cent to the interview for admitting non-minority candidates. The college reserves 50 per cent seats for Christians.

The first round of allocation of seats in Delhi University colleges ended on Tuesday with over 59,100 students having secured seats by paying fees.

The admission process at St. Stephen’s had been a bone of contention between the college and the university for several months.

This year, DU is admitting students through CUET scores instead of their Class XII marks.

“In the first round of seat allocation, all the unreserved seats (at St. Stephen’s College), which are over 200, have been filled,” DU dean of admission Haneet Gandhi said. “Meanwhile, the admission for the rest of the seats (reserved for Christians) is underway. We have provided data to the college. They are holding admission based on the interview,” she added.

DU began admissions for over 70,000 seats last month. On September 12, the university released its admission-cum-allocation policy called the Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS). Admissions through the CSAS are being conducted in three phases — submission of the application form, selection of programmes and filling of preferences, and seat allocation and admission.

Around 59,100 candidates have paid fees and secured admission in various undergraduate programmes in DU’s first round of seat allocation, registrar Vikas Gupta said on Tuesday, which was the last day for the payment of fees by those who accepted the college and course allotted to them.