Hyderabad: While the Andhra Pradesh government was upbeat about the Supreme Court orders on the Eamcet counselling, the Telangana government said that it would respond after the final judgment, which is expected on August 11.
The AP government welcomed the SC orders and urged the TS government to cooperate with the APSCHE for the smooth conduct of counselling to protect the interests of students in both states.
Though the Telangana government is yet to respond officially to the SC orders, officials said that the government had no problem in holding common admissions for Eamcet along with AP and the only issue was fee reimbursement - who was eligible and who was not.
“The court has made it clear that both the states should stick to the provisions of the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014 on common admissions and local, non-local issues. The TS government should cooperate with the APSCHE for the smooth conduct of counselling instead of trying to block it by exploring legal options such as filing review petitions etc.” said AP HRD minister Mr Ganta Srinivasa Rao.
Though the TS government is not concerned about common admissions for both states, it is worried over how to extend the fee reimbursement benefit only to TS students based on the 1956 cut-off year and at the same time filter out Seemandhra students. However, the SC is expected to give its judgment on the nativity norm on Aug. 11.
The SC is expected to give its judgment on the Telangana government's 1956 nativity norm on August 11.Meanwhile, Telangana Education Minister, Mr G. Jagadeeshwar Reddy, met Chief Minister, Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao, at the Secretariat on Monday and briefed him about the SC orders.
With the SC observing that nativity has to be determined based on Article 371(d) and as per Presidential Order existing in both the states, the Telangana government is concerned whether it's 1956 cut-off year will stand legal scrutiny.
