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HC stays GO tweaking quota in unaided minority institutions
The High Court at Hyderabad has stayed the Telangana government order by which the proportion between Category A, B and C seats in the unaided minority educational institutions was altered for the academic year 2017-18, saying it is “completely contrary to the law laid down by the Supreme Court in a series of judgments”.
Hyderabad: The High Court at Hyderabad has stayed the Telangana government order by which the proportion between Category A, B and C seats in the unaided minority educational institutions was altered for the academic year 2017-18, saying it is “completely contrary to the law laid down by the Supreme Court in a series of judgments”.
The division bench comprising Justice V Ramasubramanian and Justice T Rajani in an interim order on Monday also stayed the government order by which a free hand was given to these institutions to allot even the unfilled seats to other categories.
This order was passed in the writ petition filed Basheeruddin Siddiqui and 13 other minority students challenging this change in proportion of seats between the categories. Until the last academic year 2016-17, the ratio of allotment of seats between Categories A, B and C in the unaided minority professional institutions was 60%, 25% and 15%. This was abruptly changed for the current academic year after the NEET examination to 50%, 35% and 15%.
This change was at the request of the Deccan Medical College which represented to the government. The court in its order observed that the reasons for this sudden change in proportion are too obvious to note. While the fee for MBBS Category A seat is Rs 50,000 per year, the fee for Category B seat is Rs 14 lakh per year.
The court felt this change has a huge impact upon the student community, especially the students belonging to the minority communities themselves. The court further assailed the government for not stating any reason for this sudden change of proportion and stayed the GOs while adjourning the matter by two weeks.
