1. ABSTRACT
HigherEducation
- Technical
Education
- Removal
of Specialreservation
for the
category
for Children
of FreedomFighters fromthe categories
followedso far
based on the orders of the Hon'ble High Court dated 10.10.2014in
W.P.No.23104/2014
filedbyThiru
V.G.Subramaniyan
- Orders
- lssued. __
HigherEducation
(J1)Department
G.O.(Ms)
No.222 Dated:7-8-2017
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Read:
1. Judgement
oftheHon'ble
HighCourt
ofMadras
dated1.11.2002
in
W.A.No.3221
of2002andW.A.M.P.No.
5348of2002etc.
2. G.O.(Ms)
No.198,Higher
Education
(Jl) Department
dated
1.11.2002.
3. G.O.(Ms)
No.145,
Higher
Education
(Jl) Department,
dated
10.5.2008
4. G.O.(Ms)
No.121,Higher
Education
(J1)Department,
dated
3.7.2012
5. Government
letter
No.104941J212017-1,
Higher
Education
(J2)
Department
dated13.7
.2017
.
6. Judgement
oftheHon'ble
HighCourt
ofMadras
dated10.10.2014
in
W.P.No.23104
of2014
andM.P.No.1
and2 of2014.
QBD.ER:
ln theJudgement
of the Hon'ble
HighCourtof Madras
firstreadabove,
the
Hon'ble
HighCourt
hasobserved
asfollows:-
"Reservation
of severalkinds like Widows,DesertedWomen and any
candidate
whoseparenthassuffered
for the causeof development
of Tamil
andcontributed
towards
theprotection
etc.arequiteuntenable.
Theydo not
haveanyconstitutional
or legalsanction.Butwe arenotdwelling
on thatas
theyhavenotbeenquestioned
hereandas the admissions
to thatcategory
havealready
beencompleted.
Otherthanthereservations
inTamilNaduAct
45 of 1994,
whatis permissible
is onlyfor physically
Handicapped,
Eminent
Sportsmen,
Children
of Freedom
Fighters
and Children
of Ex-Servicemen
beinghorizontal
reservation
and notvertical.The Statehasto bearthis in
mindinfuture".
,
2. ln the Government
Ordersecondreadabove,the Government
direct
thatsubject
to the outcome
of the SpecialLeavePetition
filedbeforethe Supreme
Couttof lndia,Resei"vations
foradmission
to theEngineei'ing
Colleges
foi'theyear
2003-2004
be madeas detailed
belowon horizontal
basis,withinthe Reservation
contemplated
byTamilNadu
Act45of 1994:
2. (i) Physically
handicapped :
{ii) Eminent Sports Persons :
(lnternational
I National/ State
LevelParticipations)
(iii) Children
ofFreedom
Fighters
{iv) Children
of Ex-servicemen
: 10seats
: 81seats
3. In the Government
ordei'thii"d
readabove,
Government
haveissi;ed
ordersfor enhancement
of reservation
of seats underEminentSportsPersons
category
from42 to 100. Inthe Government
orderfourthreadabove,Government
haveissuedordersfor enhancement
of reservation
of seatsunderEminent
Sports
Persons
category
from100to 500. ln theGovernment
letter
fourthreadabove,all
Government
lnstitutions
of Higher
Education
andotherHigher
Education
lnstitutions
receiving
aidfromtheGovernm.ent
havebeenrequested
to implement
Section
32of
theRight
of Persons
withDisabilities
Act,2016whichreads
asfollows:
32.(1)All Government
Institutions
of highereducation
and other higher
education
institutions
receiving
aidfromtheGovernment
shallreserve
not less than five percent seats for personswith benchmark
disabilities.
(2) Thepersons
withbenchmark
disabilities
shallbe givenan upperage
relaxation
offiveyearsforadmission
ininstitutions
ofhigher
education.
4. ln the Judgement
of the Hon'bleHighCourtof Madrasthirdread
above, in W.P.No.2310412014
and M.P.No.1and 2 of 2A14 filed by
ThiruV.G. Subramaniyan
regarding
Clause4(1) ( 41(1)- SeatsReserved
for
Children
of Freedom
Fighters
intheprospectus
foradmission
tothemedical
courses
fortheyear2014-15,hasobserved
asfollows:-
"11. Anyrightofthisnature
cannot
beallowed
to remain
inperpetuity.
The
Government
wasnotobliged
to create
an inheritable
right.Therefore,
insofar
asthe
exclusion
ofthegrandchildren
offreedom
fighters
isconcerned,
it isvalidly
madeby
theGovernment,
andthesamecannotbefoundfaultwith. But,at thesametime.,
I
shouldpointoutthatthe category
itselfshouldbe removed
fromthe prospectus
in
futureyears,sinceno suchperson
hasbeenavailable
in thepast15years. lf no
childof a freedom
fightereligible
foradmission
wasavailable
inthepast15years,
theiyare not goingto be available
hereafter
also. Therefore,
the challenge
of the
petitioner
to Clause
4i (ilfaiisandthewi'itpetition
isdismissed.
Howevei',
infuiure,
this category
itselfshallbe removed by the respondents
so that no confusion
is
created.Nocosts.Consequently,
connected
miscellaneous
petitions
areclosed."
5. The Governmentafter careful examination,remove Special
reservation
for the category
for Children
of Freedom
Fighters fromthe categories
followed
so far, for TamilNaduEngineering
Admission
(TNEA)madethrough
SingleWindowSystembasedon the ordersof the Hon'bleHigh Courtdated
1014.2014
in W.P.No.2310412014
filedby ThiruV.G.Subramaniyan.
Therefore,
fromtheacademic
year2017-18
onwards,
theSpecial
reservations
to befollowed
for
3o/o
42seats
3. TamilNaduEngineering
Admission
(TNEA)
madethough Single
WindowSystem
arePhysically
handicapped,
Eminent
Sports
Persons
(lnternational
/ National
/ State
levelparticipations)
andChildren
of Ex-servicemen
categories.
6. BasedontheJudgement
oftheHighCourtof Madras
thirdreadabove,
the Health and Family Welfare Department,Law Department,Agriculture
Department,
Animal Husbandry
and FisheriesDepartment,
Higher Education
(CollegiateEducation)Department,School EducationDepartmentetc. are
requestedto issuesimilar
separate
orders
formaking
suitable
reservations
forthe
admission
to bemadeintheeducational
institutions
coming
under
theircontrol.
7. TheAnnaUniversityis requested
to issuesuitable
corrections
inthe
instructions
tothecandidates
for TNEA2017
basedontheorders
inpara4 above.
(ByOrderoftheGovernor)
SUNILPALIWAL
PRINCIPAL
SECRETARY
TO GOVERNMENT
To
TheCommissioner
ofTechnical
Education,
Chennai
- 25
TheRegistrar,
AnnaUniversity,
Chennai-25
ThePrincipal
Secretary
to Government,
Health
andFamily
Welfare
Department,
Chennai-
9
The Secretary
to Government,
LawDepartment,
Chennai
- 9
ThePrincipal
Secretary
to Government,
Agriculture
Department,
Chennai
* 9
ThePrincipal
Secretary
to Government,
Animal
Husbandry
andFisheries
Department,
Chennai-9
TheSecretary
to Government,
School
Education
Department,
Chennai
- 9
TheSecretary
to Government,
Backward
Classes
andMostBackward
Classes
Department
Chennai
- 9.
TheSecretary
to Government,
Public
Department,
Chennai
-9.
TheRegistrar,
HighCourt,
Chennai
-104.
TheAdvocate
General
ofTamilNadu,
HighCourt,
Chennai
- 104.
TheAdditional
Advocate
General
ofTamilNadu,
Chennai
-104.
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inHigher
Education
Department,
Chennai
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AllDepartments
ofSecretariat,
Chennai
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Office,
Chennai
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(Higher
Education
Department),
Chennai
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Secretary,
Higher
Education
Department,
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