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| Saturday, Jun 24, 2006
What about the Subramani committee?
Chennai: The State Government and private self-financing colleges
have arrived at a compromise formula on sharing of seats for
the Government and management quotas.
In the bargain, a few thousand more seats will come into the common pool, for which admissions will be through Anna University's counselling and Single Window System (SWS). But, in working out the consensus formula, the two sides have ignored the orders of the Supreme Court and that of the S.S. Subramani committee, set up as directed by the apex court.
Free hand
The Supreme Court had given the private colleges the freedom
to complete the admissions on their own, but through a merit-based
CET and SWS. There was no need to surrender seats to any government
quota.
Legal circles wonder if the Government, which set up the permanent committee in line with the apex court's order, can ignore or choose not to implement the order. The Subramani committee had recently ruled that the private colleges must conduct a Common Entrance Test, admit students only through SWS and follow the Government reservation policy on admissions.
Under the compromise formula evolved now, the Government appears satisfied with a share of 65 per cent of the seats in non-minority institutions and 50 per cent in minority colleges.
Students worried
Going by the latest development on this front, for the management
quota seats, the institutions can admit students on their own,
charge any fee and not follow the reservation or quota policy.
The other permanent panel, Raman committee, has not prescribed
the fee for the year. Students are worried that it may not be
the final word on the admissions wrangle this year.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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