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Fraud alleged in minority students’ admission

‘Seats being blocked in different colleges under the name of the same student’

‘Nearly 2,000 seats meant for meritorious students were blocked’
‘Blocked seats later being allotted under management quota’

HYDERABAD: The Minorities Rights Protection Committee (MRPC) has demanded re-conduct of counselling process for admission of minority students into professional colleges run by the Consortium of Minority Educational Institutions alleging that there were grave irregularities in allotment of seats.

At a press conference here on Wednesday, the committee representatives alleged that nearly 2,000 seats meant for meritorious students were blocked by “unscrupulous means” and these blocked seats were later allotted under the management quota by the institutions. Committee president Mohd. Ansari alleged that the managements resorted to a novel technique of blocking the seats in different colleges under the name of a same student. When the student opted for a particular college, the blocked seats in other colleges were allotted in management quota thereby denying a meritorious student a chance.

“There are nearly 200 students whose names were repeated as taking admissions into various colleges. And when they took admission in one college, the seats left vacant were put under management quota,” Mr. Ansari said.

“For instance, they blocked six seats under the name of Shabbir Ahmed in various colleges. And when this student took admission in one of them, the other five seats were given under the management quota.”

Supporting his claim, he said several students who were denied admissions procured relevant documents to prove these charges, under the Right to Information Act from the Admissions and Fees Regulatory Commission (AFRC). The MRPC has already drawn the attention of the authorities in AFRC, the A.P. State Council for Higher Education (APSCHE) and the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) to the irregularities. The SHRC, Mr. Ansari disclosed, would be hearing the issue on November 14. He demanded that the authorities conduct the counselling process again to help the deserving students get the admissions.

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