The Madras High Court on Monday wondered whether the central government is indirectly trying to impose its reservation policy on colleges and universities in Tamil Nadu through central scholarships. The court also suo motu impleaded the University Grants Commission and ordered the central government to file a detailed report on the reservation rule by Tuesday.
Is Centre indirectly trying to impose its reservation policy on Tamil Nadu, asks Madras HC
The court was hearing a plea relating to the central government’s insistence that Anna University follow 49.5% reservation in the admissions to two courses run under the Centre’s scholarships
Published: 15th February 2021 07:59 PM | Last Updated: 15th February 2021 08:00 PM | A+A A-
Madras High Court (File photo | EPS)
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Monday wondered whether the central government is indirectly trying to impose its reservation policy on colleges and universities in Tamil Nadu through central scholarships. The court also suo motu impleaded the University Grants Commission and ordered the central government to file a detailed report on the reservation rule by Tuesday.
The court was hearing a plea relating to the central government’s insistence that Anna University follow only 49.5% reservation and not Tamil Nadu’s 69% quota policy in the admissions to M Tech Biotech and MTech Computational Biology courses. This is because these courses are run under the central government’s scholarships. Due to the difference on this issue between the central and state governments, the university has suspended admissions for the courses.
On Monday, when the plea moved by R Chitra came up for hearing before Justice B Pugalendhi, it was submitted by the counsel for All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) that Anna University should have admitted 45 students in the courses before December 31, 2020, and it is too late now.
