GULBARGA: The Karnataka High Court has ordered issue of notice to the State Government, the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges in Karnataka, the Karnataka Religious and Linguistic Minority Professional Colleges Association and the Committee for Supervising Admissions to Private Professional Colleges on a petition filed by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). The petition sought cancellation of the Common Entrance Test (CET) to be conducted by the consortium and the association and a common CET for admissions to all professional colleges in the State.

ABVP general secretary Prabhudev Kapgal told presspersons here on Friday that the High Court, which admitted the petition a few days ago, had fixed the next hearing on May 17.

He said the ABVP had decided to seek judicial remedy to clear the confusion prevailing in the selection process and admissions to professional courses because of the indifferent attitude of the Government. The Government had failed to firmly deal with the managements of private professional colleges and to conduct a common CET for the engineering, medical and dental seats available in government, aided and unaided professional colleges.

Mr. Kapgal said the Government should have used the provisions of the Karnataka Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Determination of Fee) Act, 2006 to ensure that the private managements conducted a common CET for admissions to private colleges.

However, not all the private managements have come under the umbrella of the consortium to conduct a common CET. While some of the colleges were part of the consortium others were members of the Religious and Linguistic Minority Professional Colleges Association. Each group would be conducting their own tests to select students, he pointed out.

Supreme Court ruling

Even the Supreme Court ruling permitting private unaided colleges to conduct a CET said a common test should be conducted by all private unaided colleges. Mr. Kapgal said that the Government could have ended the confusion by cancelling the CET to be held by the consortium and the association since it violated the Supreme Court directions and the Act passed by the State legislature.

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