In a reprieve for minority
institutions across Maharashtra, the Bombay high court has allowed them to
conduct their own common entrance test (CET) and process for admissions to
medical and technical courses for 2015-16. A division bench of Justices Anoop
Mohta and Amjad Sayed struck down orders by the Pravesh Niyantran Samiti, which
refused permission to the institutions to conduct their own CETCAP for the
current academic year.
The
court orders came after the state conceded that it would take time to
constitute the admission regulating authority and fee regulating authority
under its new Maharashtra Unaided Private Professional Educational Institutions
(Regulation of Admissions and Fees) Act, 2015.
“We
see there is no reason now to delay or postpone the procedure for conducting
private CETCAP , specifically for want of a full mechanism and machinery ,
under the provisions of the Act,“ the judges said, adding that the institutions
could go back to the process adopted last year so that the careers of students
are not affected. The HC clarified that its order was only for the current
academic year.
The
government's new law states that there will be a single CET for admissions to
undergraduate and post-graduate courses in the state. The authorities had
rejected an application by the association of private minority colleges to
conduct their own CETCAP in January 2015. The state said that in July it had
approved creation of posts for the CET Cell, Admissions Regulating Authority
and Fee Regulating Authority . It had also appointed an officer as Commissioner
of the State CET. But it had extended the term of the earlier authorities as
the mechanism will take time. The state said that the institutions could go
back to the earlier procedure or accept students provided by the government.
But
the institutions said the state's suggestion was impractical. The government
then conceded that it had no objection to the private minority institutions
conducting their own CETCAP for this year.
Source | Times of India | 1
September 2015
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