SC Verdict: EAMCET 2014 Telangana counselling must start immediately

EAMCET Counselling in Telangana start immediately

New Delhi, Aug 11: Bringing good news to all Telangana students, today the Supreme Court has directed the Telangana government to start EAMCET 2014 counselling for admission to professional courses in the state.

 

SC has declined to give more time for admissions in professional courses and has directed it to complete admissions in engineering colleges in the state by August 31, as per the original schedule.

A division bench comprising of Justice S.J. Mukhopadahya and Justice S.A. Bobde said that the counselling for students who qualified in the EAMCET should be conducted as per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act.

Read: Medical courses counselling from August 27 in TS and AP

Telangana had filed an application seeking extension of the time schedule for counselling for admissions for the 2014-15 session till October 31, 2014.

D. Srinivas, Additional Advocate General of Andhra Pradesh, said the court asked Telangana government to take up admissions as per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, under which the existing admission process and quotas in both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have to continue for 10 years.

He said that under the Act, the Andhra Pradesh State Council for Higher Education (APSCHE) is the competent authority to conduct the counselling.

The court did not agree with the arguments offered by the Telangana government and observed that the students should not suffer because of the state's division. The apex court, however, declined to go into the nativity issue at this stage, the counsel said.

What was the reason for petition?

Telangana scrapped the existing fee reimbursement scheme and instead announced Financial Assistance for Students of Telangana (FAST) with the condition that students whose parents were residents of Telangana since November 1, 1956 will be eligible for assistance.

The newly-created state wanted the extension on the ground that it lacked staff to verify the certificates of the students and also to decide who is eligible for FAST, a new scheme aimed at providing financial assistance to students from Telangana.

The row has delayed counselling and has caused anxiety among nearly 10 lakh students in both the states.

APSCHE had started the counselling for admissions in engineering colleges in Andhra Pradesh on August 7, but Telangana was waiting for further orders from the Supreme Court.

About 3,95,000 students had appeared in Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET) held in the united Andhra state in May. Out of this, 185,000 students passed in engineering stream and about 86,000 qualified in medicine.

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