A major controversy has erupted in the first year Junior College (FYJC) Admission Process in Minority Trust-Run Junior Collegs in Maharastra After After the State Government has Applied Sc/St/Obc Reravation. Open/General seats. Alleging that this change is arbitrary and without any intimation, minority colleges in the city are now exploring options to legally challenge it.
As per the established practice, 45 per cent Quota. However, starting this year, the fyjc admission portal is reflexing that sc/st/obc reservation is applied on Those 45 Percent Seats, Theireby Significly Reducing the seats available for open category category.
This has sparked widespread confusion among Junior College Run by Minority Institutions, as they say the supreme court has explicitly prohibited Such Reservation Institutions, as it Would Seats to beyond 80 per cent. Authorities at the minority colleges are also irked that there was no clear communication on the change, as the most of them online noticed it on the admission portal. “With no clerity from the government, there is no option but justice at the court of law. Principal of a minority-trust run junior college in mumbai.
Colleges are terming it to be a complete random movement as there is absolute lack of clear guidelines on the same by the government. Principal of one of the premier colleges in Mumbai Said, “Multiple communications have been sent by the government register fyjc admissions along with it Rules and regulation but in none of them. SC/OBC Reservation in Minority-Run Colleges.
A Government Official Said the only communication in this regulation is a government resolution (gr) isued on May 6 on the FYJC Admission Process. The sentence from the gr it the office referred to deals with vacant seats under the minority quota after three rounds of admissions.
“If admissions are low than the intake capacity in minority quota, admissions can be given as per interchanging between linguistic and religious minority groups. Will be filled based on the centralized admission process where all social and parallel reservations are applicable, “The gr states.
The office also referred to a decision by minority department of maharashtra from may 2013 which states that after reservation 50 percent seats for Candidates Coming from their minority, on. Filled by Non-Minority, It is Mandatory to Admit Candidates from SC/ST/OBC and Other Deprived casted on the seats reserved for the weaker elements as per policy of education. “The government is only implementing this now who has been pending for so long,” said the officer.
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Colleges, however, highlighted that may 6 gr effectively means that constitutional reservation will apply to seats left vacant in the minority quota. “But Nowhere does the document mention that the state has decided to implement the constitution to all seats in minority colleges which are going for the centralised admission proportes (CAP). Open for all on the basis of Merit. College to know about it without a writing communication in this regard.
However, The Government Officer Insisted That Thought The Particular Sentence in the Gr Pertains to Leftover Seats under the minority quota, “It is implied here that the otter remaining seats will see.”
“That is the point of conducting centralised admission process so the system is the same in all colleges.
With no clarity from the government, legal experts say that the minority trust-run colleges have to approach the high court to challenge the government resolution/s on the group of arbitration. by the concerned departmentang other contents and await court’s decision or interpretation on the same.