A CONTEMPT petition has been filed before the Allahabad High Court against some engineering colleges in the State.
The petition alleges that in spite of a court order to maintain status quo in the matter of admissions, these colleges have issued advertisements to fill up vacant seats in the B.Tech course.
An Allahabad student Megha Singh has filed the petition concerning admission/counselling in private unaided engineering colleges in the State.
The Welfare Association of Self-Financed Institutes, NOIDA, an association of private engineering colleges, had filed a writ petition before the High Court, alleging that the State Government was interfering with the management quota in engineering institutes.
That petition related to admission/recounselling with regard to remaining seats in the UP State Engineering Admission Test (UPSEAT) for the academic year 2006-2007.
The petitioner had challenged the Ordinance issued by the UP Government for regulating unaided financial institutions, as well as some consequential orders.
According to the petitioners, it was their fundamental right to run the colleges and fill the management quota and the State had no jurisdiction to interfere.
During the course of hearing on this writ petition, an impleadment application was filed by Megha Singh of Allahabad, alleging that as per electronic media reports, admission in engineering colleges in NOIDA and Ghaziabad were being made on paying capitation/donation fee of Rs 1 lakh. She demanded an inquiry into this allegation.
{{/usCountry}}During the course of hearing on this writ petition, an impleadment application was filed by Megha Singh of Allahabad, alleging that as per electronic media reports, admission in engineering colleges in NOIDA and Ghaziabad were being made on paying capitation/donation fee of Rs 1 lakh. She demanded an inquiry into this allegation.
{{/usCountry}}The court on August 29,2006 directed the authorities concerned to maintain status quo with regard to admission/counselling in engineering colleges under the Uttar Pradesh State Engineering Admission Test (UPSEAT) for the year 2006-2007. Thereafter, on September 7, 2006, the court reserved its judgment after hearing counsels of all sides. The court directed that the interim order issued earlier would continue till the delivery of the judgment.
The contempt petition alleged that after the judgment was reserved by the court, some engineering colleges advertised admission.
According to the petition, these colleges include Sanjay Institute of Engineering College at Mathura, College of Engineering, Sciences and Technology at Lucknow and United College, Naini, Allahabad.