WITH the Supreme Court rejecting the plea of Human Resource Development Ministry to vacate the stay on OBC quota, while agreeing to examine the request to refer the quota issue to a Constitution Bench, it is expected that the Ministry of Human Resource Development would soon issue a fresh directive allowing educational institutions to go ahead with the admission process for the academic year 2007-08, which was stalled by the directives issued by the Ministry on April 5 and April 19 last.
“The picture is now clear, the Supreme Court has anyway made it clear that the stay on OBC quota is not an interim one but final as far as the admission for 2007-08 is concerned. Now we expect the Ministry to issue a fresh directive within a couple of days, allowing us to go ahead with admission for the current academic year,” said Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad director Bakul Dholakia.
“I am yet to get in touch with directors of other Indian Institute of Managements or the Ministry,” Dholakia said, adding that after a couple of days, he and his counterparts from other Indian Institute of Managements would meet to decide upon the next course of action.
“The matter will come up again for hearing only in August. Therefore, it will be safe to assume that the Ministry will withdraw the directive stalling the admission process,” said Ashok Shah, Public Information Officer of Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad.
The earlier directives from the Human Resource Development ministry, issued on April 5 and April 19 to withhold the admission process at Indian Institute of Managements came with the hope that the ministry would get succour from the apex court. Respite denied, the Ministry now has to take a quick decision regarding the admission process.
“Like last year, this year, too, we would have announced admission for 250 seats,” said Shah, adding that with an additional 6 pc OBC quota and corresponding increase of general seats, the institute would have announced admission list for 280 seats. But with the current order from the apex court, it will now go with its earlier decision of 250 seats, Shah added.
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“The picture is now clear, the Supreme Court has anyway made it clear that the stay on OBC quota is not an interim one but final as far as the admission for 2007-08 is concerned. Now we expect the Ministry to issue a fresh directive within a couple of days, allowing us to go ahead with admission for the current academic year,” said Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad director Bakul Dholakia.
“I am yet to get in touch with directors of other Indian Institute of Managements or the Ministry,” Dholakia said, adding that after a couple of days, he and his counterparts from other Indian Institute of Managements would meet to decide upon the next course of action.
“The matter will come up again for hearing only in August. Therefore, it will be safe to assume that the Ministry will withdraw the directive stalling the admission process,” said Ashok Shah, Public Information Officer of Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad.
The earlier directives from the Human Resource Development ministry, issued on April 5 and April 19 to withhold the admission process at Indian Institute of Managements came with the hope that the ministry would get succour from the apex court. Respite denied, the Ministry now has to take a quick decision regarding the admission process.
“Like last year, this year, too, we would have announced admission for 250 seats,” said Shah, adding that with an additional 6 pc OBC quota and corresponding increase of general seats, the institute would have announced admission list for 280 seats. But with the current order from the apex court, it will now go with its earlier decision of 250 seats, Shah added.
Courtesy : Expressindia.com