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No scope for appeal against ruling on self-financing colleges

By Our Special Correspondent

Chennai April 1. The Education Minister, S. Semmalai, today ruled out any possibility of the State Government filing an appeal against the Supreme Court verdict on self-financing colleges.

"There is no scope for the Government to file an appeal", he told the Assembly, even as the PMK floor leader, G.K. Mani, asked the State to file a revision petition to "protect" the interests of students.

(The court in its recent ruling said States could not interfere with the admission policy and fee structure of the self-financing colleges.)

Pointing out that the court had said these colleges should be run on a non-commercial basis, Mr. Mani said the Government should look into the guidelines recently issued by the All-India Council for Technical Education.

At this, the Minister said the admission formula drawn up by the Government, in the wake of the court ruling, protected the interests of parents and teachers. The colleges had agreed to charge only Rs. 30,000 per year.

Intervening, the Chief Minister said the AICTE guidelines contravened the Supreme Court ruling and a section of the colleges moved the court against the guidelines.

"The Government will await the verdict of the court (on the validity) of the AICTE guidelines."

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