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No funds for quota rollout: IITs, IIMs

No funds for quota rollout: IITs, IIMs

Author: TNN
Publication: The Times of India
Date: May 15, 2008
URL: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/No_funds_for_quota_rollout_IITs_IIMs/articleshow/3040881.cms

Agreeing to implement OBC reservation from this year, heads of more than 80 central educational institutions - including IITs, IIMs and NITs - voiced concern about the problem of faculty and resources they would face in expanding seats.

It is also clear that these institutes would have to start implementation from their own resources, and the government would compensate them only after the cabinet clears the extra funding to these institutes.

After a day-long meeting with heads of CEIs on Wednesday, HRD minister Arjun Singh said, "We know institutes have problems of faculty and resources. We will do everything to help them. But all of them are implementing the quota from this year." Sources said heads of IITs and other institutes voiced maximum concern about implementation.

"They had resource-related issues like setting up of more laboratories," said the head of an IIT. However, he added that reservation was a national policy and would be implemented. "More than the concern, we sought clarifications," he said. Pankaj Chandra, director, IIM-B, said, "It was a good meeting.

There was no resistance from any institute about implementation. All of them have started the process of OBC reservation.

HRD may move SC over Calcutta HC stay

The Calcutta HC on Wednesday stayed interviews of candidated in IIM-Calcutta under the 27% OBC quota. The order was passed by Justice Maharaja Sinha, who was hearing a writ petition by Sayan Guha, a general category candidate.

Guha's counsel said while the apex court had directed that graduates would not be considered for reservation, the HRD ministry "violated" the order by passing an office memo on April 20 to the effect that OBC students would get reservation in post-graduate courses.

"We would go to the Supreme Court on Thursday and seek clarification if the apex order of April 10 does not allow 27% OBC reservation in post-graduate courses," said official sources in HRD ministry. The Centre would also request the Supreme Court to transfer all cases pending in high courts in Delhi and Mumbai to itself, the sources added.

Ministry sources also said if it were not applicable to PG courses, SC would have struck down HRD's order of April 20 asking central educational institutions to implement OBC quota in undergraduate and PG courses. HRD minister Arjun Singh said, "We will put our views across. It would have no effect on reservation for post-graduate classes."

On Monday, the Delhi HC issued notice to the Centre on a petition challenging the implementation of the OBC quota in IIMs and higher educational institutions. It sought Centre's response to the petition filed by alumni association of IIMs within four weeks. The association said the government had "misinterpreted" the SC judgment, while upholding the OBC reservation policy, had said it would not be applicable to higher educational institutions.


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