Colleges ask for DOST undertaking from students

Students who want to get admission to pursue their degree courses for the academic year 2019-20 in colleges like Badruka, Aurora, Siva Sivani, Holy Mary and several other colleges in the city have to give an undertaking to the respective colleges that their admissions were subject to the High Court order on Degree Online Services, Telangana (DOST).

This was made mandatory by the interim directions of the Telangana High Court, as the said colleges challenged the state government’s decision to include the petitioner colleges in the DOST online admissions.

The vacation court led by Acting Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan was dealing with a batch of petitions filed by several degree colleges from the city, which have challenged the consequential steps taken by the state government and Telangana State Higher Educational Council in

■ The vacation court was dealing with a batch of petitions filed by several degree colleges from the city, which have challenged the consequential steps taken by the state government and TS Higher Educational Council in enforcing the process of online admissions to the petitioner colleges for admission.

enforcing the process of online admissions to the petitioner colleges for admission into various undergraduate courses of study for the coming academic year.

Counsel for the petitioner colleges submitted that the government was trying to infringe of fundamental rights of the petitioner colleges by forcing them to participate in the online admissions for undergraduate courses. They also submitted that it was ultra vires of the Telangana Educational Institutions (Regulations of Admissions and Prohibition of Capitation Fee) Act.

Mr Abhishek Reddy, counsel for the TSHEC and convener of DOST, sought time to file an affidavit.

As the state government also requested time to submit its contention, the ACJ gave interim directions by restraining the state government and TSHEC from interfering in the admission process of undergraduate courses in the petitioner colleges for the coming academic year.

The colleges were directed that they should inform the students about the pending of the writ petitions filed by them and the colleges shall take an undertaking from the students that they are made aware that the present order is subject to the outcome of this writ petition.

This matter adjourned to June 6 for further hearing.