Mohammed Younus/ Hyderabad : The engineering colleges that were alienated from the EAMCET counselling process are looking towards the Supreme Court for a bailout, as over 70,000 seats in 140 engineering colleges which participated in counseling are still vacant. The colleges that were not allowed to participate in the first phase of the counseling process are hopeful of going ahead with some admissions if the Supreme Court allows them to take part in the second phase of counseling.
During the first phase of counseling, in all 174 engineering colleges were de-listed from the EAMCET counseling by the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, for poor standards. Nevertheless, the said college managements were allowed to participate in the counseling after a two-month legal battle in the Supreme Court. But by that time the counseling ended without a chance for any of these colleges getting admissions. The Supreme Court ordered JNTUH to allow the colleges to participate in counseling, promising to remove the shortcomings in a certain period of time.
Of the 2.34 lakh students who qualified in EAMCET 2014 from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, about 1.22 lakh students attended the certificate verification process and 1.20 lakh students exercised their options. Around 63,190 students in AP and 52,839 students in Telangana were allotted seats, leaving more than 70,000 seats vacant in both the states. Moreover, at least nine out of 335 engineering colleges in Andhra Pradesh recorded zero admission and one among the 141 engineering colleges in Telangana recorded zero admission during the counseling this year.
In this situation, the 174 colleges were left with no option for going ahead with admissions during the first counseling, but with the Telangana government opposing the second phase of counseling, several managements approached the SC requesting participation in the second phase. A two-judge bench of the SC heard the counsels of TS government and engineering college managements and posted the matter to October 13. TS government counsel argued that the second phase of counseling was not required as admissions in colleges which participated in the first phase counseling were very low, and most of the seats left vacant.
On this basis, TS government had opposed the second phase counseling. It said that the leftover seats were more in number than the number of students who qualified in the EAMCET 2014, and argued that permitting the 174 colleges would not serve any purpose. On the other hand, the managements of engineering colleges argued that the second phase of counseling would help the poor students of the State if they get the seat through second phase counseling. “The disadvantaged students would be able to get the benefits of scholarships and others if second phase is allowed,” the managements said.
Telangana Professional College Management Consortium chairman N Goutham Rao said that around 10 to 15 thousand students would benefit from the second phase counseling, if it is allowed. He also said that it would help the students who got admission during the first phase of counseling by enabling them to slide their options to different courses in top engineering colleges.
During the first phase of counseling, in all 174 engineering colleges were de-listed from the EAMCET counseling by the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, for poor standards. Nevertheless, the said college managements were allowed to participate in the counseling after a two-month legal battle in the Supreme Court. But by that time the counseling ended without a chance for any of these colleges getting admissions. The Supreme Court ordered JNTUH to allow the colleges to participate in counseling, promising to remove the shortcomings in a certain period of time.
Of the 2.34 lakh students who qualified in EAMCET 2014 from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, about 1.22 lakh students attended the certificate verification process and 1.20 lakh students exercised their options. Around 63,190 students in AP and 52,839 students in Telangana were allotted seats, leaving more than 70,000 seats vacant in both the states. Moreover, at least nine out of 335 engineering colleges in Andhra Pradesh recorded zero admission and one among the 141 engineering colleges in Telangana recorded zero admission during the counseling this year.
In this situation, the 174 colleges were left with no option for going ahead with admissions during the first counseling, but with the Telangana government opposing the second phase of counseling, several managements approached the SC requesting participation in the second phase. A two-judge bench of the SC heard the counsels of TS government and engineering college managements and posted the matter to October 13. TS government counsel argued that the second phase of counseling was not required as admissions in colleges which participated in the first phase counseling were very low, and most of the seats left vacant.
On this basis, TS government had opposed the second phase counseling. It said that the leftover seats were more in number than the number of students who qualified in the EAMCET 2014, and argued that permitting the 174 colleges would not serve any purpose. On the other hand, the managements of engineering colleges argued that the second phase of counseling would help the poor students of the State if they get the seat through second phase counseling. “The disadvantaged students would be able to get the benefits of scholarships and others if second phase is allowed,” the managements said.
Telangana Professional College Management Consortium chairman N Goutham Rao said that around 10 to 15 thousand students would benefit from the second phase counseling, if it is allowed. He also said that it would help the students who got admission during the first phase of counseling by enabling them to slide their options to different courses in top engineering colleges.
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