Supreme Court adjourns phase 2 of academic counselling hearing
Court directed the colleges to follow the 240-day syllabus system
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-10-29 01:39 GMT
Hyderabad: Expressing dissatisfaction over the academic schedule prepared by the private engineering colleges, the Supreme Court adjourned the hearing on petitions seeking permission to conduct second phase counselling, for admissions into engineering colleges, to Wednesday.
A two-member bench comprising Justice Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya and Justice S.A. Bobde was hearing a batch of petitions by private engineering college managements of Telangana state seeking to declare the action of the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University of Hyderabad in de-recognising their institutions as illegal.
The bench had on Monday directed the colleges to file an undertaking that they would follow the 240-day syllabus system in technical education, and also to file the academic schedule explaining the methodology that they would adopt to fulfil the 240-day syllabus system.
The college managements submitted that they will complete the syllabus by increasing the working hours and also cut short the holidays. The bench expressed its displeasure on increase in college hours and suggested them file a better schedule.
While making it clear that they are allowing the second phase of counselling in view of the bifurcation of state, the bench adjourned the hearing to Wednesday.