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State to go in appeal, says Chief Minister

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Achuthanandan defends professional colleges Act

Thiruvananthapuram: Defending the law to govern self-financing colleges, Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan has said his Government will appeal in the Supreme Court against the High Court's order striking down four key clauses of the legislation.

``It was to make the higher education sector accessible to poorer sections that the LDF Government brought in the legislation immediately after it came to power,'' Mr. Achuthanandan told reporters on his return here on Friday after attending meetings of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)'s Polit Bureau and Central Committee in Kolkata.

Asked about the High Court's observation in its Thursday's order that the State Government had acted in haste in the matter, he said, ``Yes, we did act in haste and that was to ensure that the children of the poor got admission to higher educational institutions.''

`Appeal after talks'

A Correspondent writes from Nedumbassery: Education Minister M.A. Baby said a decision regarding approaching the Supreme Court against the High Court verdict would be taken after due consultations with the Advocate General, Law Department and Cabinet.

Talking to reporters at the Cochin International Airport on Friday, Mr. Baby contested the observation that the Act was brought in a hasty manner without enough deliberations. He said that the Act was passed unanimously by the Assembly after fulfilling all the relevant conditions and giving enough time for deliberations. Though not fully committal, Mr. Baby said that there were chances of convening an all party meeting on the issue.

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