CCSAP Report - Ministry of Home Affairs

Students from coastal Andhra, on the other hand complain that they are
considered as non-locals for admission to institutions located in the capital of
their own state.
As explained earlier, admission to various educational institutions in Andhra
Pradesh is governed by the Presidential Order and subsequent legislation flowing
from therein. It is at present beyond the scope of this Committee to evaluate the
fairness of these systems and suggest alternatives. However, the claim of fake
certificates can be looked into by the State Government and the Right to
Information Act can be used by complainants to get justice.
3.7.12 The information provided to the Committee by the Commissioner of
Collegiate Education A.P. and the Department of Technical Education A.P. shows
that at least 85% (and in a large number of cases 90% and even 98%) students
in various professional colleges are local (Appendix 3.18).
3.7.13 It was brought to the notice of the Committee that in case of
admission to private engineering colleges G.O. MS. 184, Education Department
dated 20/08/1993 and G.O. MS. No 227, dated 22/7/1994 stipulated that all the
seats in the private engineering colleges in the state be pooled subject wise and
distributed among the regions in the ratio of 42%, 36% and 22%. As a
result, the students in Telangana had access to only 36% seats in the private
colleges located in Telangana region instead of 85% under the Presidential
Order. It is true that they could lay claim to 36% seats in private engineering
colleges situated in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema but very few of them,
it is contended, could afford to go to study there. The matter has already
been decided by Justice B. Subhashan Reddy and Justice T. Ranga Rao (J.
Sameerana v. A.P. State Council for Higher Education and Others) who held
that “the provisions of Andhra Pradesh Educational Institutions (Regulations
of Admissions) Order, 1974, are applicable to all the private Engineering
Colleges in the state of Andhra Pradesh including the minority institutions;
and that admissions shall be made only in accordance with Para 5(1)
of the above Order in reserving 85% of the available seats in the
respective local areas mentioned in Para 3 and for the local candidates
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