State govt yet to move SC, degree admissions may be further delayed
tnn | Jun 26, 2018, 23:53 IST
Mumbai: Degree college admissions, that were put off by the state government, may be further delayed as the government is yet to file the special leave petition in Supreme Court. The government plans to challenge the Bombay high court’s decision which quashed reservation for backward category students in minority institutes.
While the second list of Mumbai University was due on June 22, colleges were asked not to release it and wait for about 10 days before probably restarting the admission process all over again, that is, from the first merit list if the SC orders in favour of the reservation.
Several student organisations met higher and technical education minister Vinod Tawde who informed them that the government had sought legal opinion from the advocate general and only after receiving it, the SLP would be filed. “We informed the minister that we were ready to be party in the petition,” said MNVS vice-president Santosh Gangurde. Student bodies’ representatives were informed that if the fight in SC took long, admissions would be further delayed, added Gangurde.
City colleges have already released their first merit list and there is an air of uncertainty on whether these admissions will hold good or not. In fact, some of the prominent colleges are minority institutes, including St Xavier’s, HR, Mithibai, Jai Hind, KC and Narsee Monjee. A recent university directive stated that colleges must conduct admissions in line with the November 2017 HC ruling. The court had set aside as unconstitutional a circular issued 16 years ago by the university, which stated that minority colleges need to reserve seats for backward category candidates.
Of the over 2,800 minority institutes in the state, about 300 are in Mumbai.
A state official said the department has issued instructions to all minority institutes on compiling data of the last three years on admitted students and whether they had filled 50% quota from the minority community. A high-level panel is likely to be set up to monitor minority colleges, said student representatives. tnn
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