TS govt forms its own Edn Council

• Separate notification on conducting Eamcet counselling soon

Hyderabad: Amid a continuing row with Andhra Pradesh over admissions to professional courses, the Telangana government on Saturday constituted the Telangana State Council for Higher Education (TSCHE).

The TS government issued an order adapting the Andhra Pradesh State Council for Higher Education (APSCHE) Act, 1988. It argued that under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, it was empowered to make adaptations and modifications of any law made in united Andhra Pradesh. Sources said that the government would issue a separate notification in the name of TSCHE for the conduct of Eamcet counselling shortly.

The order issued by the Secretary to the government Vikas Raj, the TSCHE would come into force with immediate effect. The department of higher education has appointed the vice chancellors of Osmania University, Kakatiya University, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Telangana University, Mahatma Gandhi University, Palamuru University and Satavahana University as council members.

The formation of the council is to pre-empt any move by APSCHE to admit students to engineering colleges in Telangana. The APSCHE has already issued notification for admissions to engineering colleges in both the states and announced that verification of certificates from Aug 7. However, the Telangana government has asked the students in Telangana to ignore the same. APSCHE argues that it is a competent authority to conduct admissions in both the states but the Telangana government has made it clear that it was not bound by APSCHE's orders and had even filed a petition in Supreme Court urging the court to stall the admission process until the nativity issue was resolved.