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Massbulletin 20.09.24

Entry Board: Legal Opinion with regards to Auroville Admission (aka the Entry Board)

Dear family,

We have requested a legal opinion concerning the Admission Committee (aka the Auroville

Entry Service). Most readers will be aware that there is currently a case pending in the Madras

High Court about a document entitled ‘Auroville Foundation (Admission and Termination of

Persons in the Register of Residents) Regulations, 2023’ published in The Gazette of India by the

Secretary of the Auroville Foundation on behalf of the Governing Board. While we all await a

final judgement on this matter from the High Court, it has granted a stay order. The 3-page legal

opinion (which you can read here), dated 25 July 2024, summarises the matter very well in this

final statement:

‘Therefore it is my opinion that the Admissions Committee selected by the Residents Assembly

can continue to function under the 2020 Regulations subject to any further or other orders

passed by the Hon’ble Madras High Court.’

If you want to know more, you can read the above mentioned 2020 Regulations here.

Essentially what this means is that the Entry Board is doing the following:

1. Contacting the current Newcomers for their self assessments, and other documentation

2. Contacting the mentors for mentor reports and final recommendations

3. Scheduling interviews; processing the current Newcomers to complete their process in one

way or another

4. Scheduling clarification on Feedback

Until further notice, the Entry Board will not be accepting new applications for any status in

Auroville.

If you have any questions, please contact the Entry Service at auroville.entryservice@gmail.com

Warmly,

Amy B., Don, Fabienne, Grace, Mirco, Sara, Sonja, Vadivel

The Entry Board

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Ashwini, Lucas, Martin, Ramesh, Rju, Samrat, Sathiya

The Auroville Council

Aravinda, Bharathy, Chali, Mael (TOS), Matthieu, Prashant (TOS), Valli

The Working Committee of the Residents’ Assembly

20 September 2024