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Baby: judgment will be implemented

Staff Reporter

M.A. Baby allays fears of students and parents.

KOLLAM: Education Minister M.A. Baby has said that the State Government will take all steps to implement the Supreme Court verdict on the self-financing colleges case on a war footing.

Talking to presspersons here on Friday, the Minister said the verdict pertained to admissions to self-financing professional colleges for this year only. The Kerala professional colleges Act, 2006 was coming up for examination before a Division Bench of the High Court in September, he said. The Minister said the verdict had given a big role for the P.A. Mohammed Committee for examining the status of the entrance examination conducted by a consortium of private managements. That meant that the fate of these seats remained uncertain and admission to these seats depended on the findings of the Mohammed Committee. He said the dates for recounselling would be decided in consultation with the officials concerned.

Chief Minister's reaction

Staff Reporter writes from Palakkad: The State Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan said that "the State Government will implement the Supreme Court verdict on the self-financing colleges for the time being.''

Inaugurating a public meeting by the CPI(M) as part of its nation-wide campaign against policies of the Union Government here, the Chief Minister said the 50:50 ratio of seats would be implemented by his Government.

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