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| College in Azad’s village tagged with favouritism | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 4
As the government faces charges of discrimination and favourtism in selection of locations for new Colleges, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has summoned comprehensive information of the selection procedure.
Besides others, the Panthers Party has questioned the location of proposed Degree Colleges at Kilhotran, home village of Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Darmari, the home village of Minister of State for Revenue Ajaz Ahmed Khan. A Public Interest Litigation has been filed for altering the locations of these Colleges even though 70 admissions have been registered at Kilhotran College and 143 for Darmari College.
A Division Bench of J&K High Court Jammu Wing comprising Justice Virender Singh and Justice JP Singh today in the stay application in PIL filed by JKNPP, has directed the registry to list again before next available bench on which date, Mr. BS Salathia AAG would place on record a comprehensive information with regard to all the 18 Colleges.
In the stay application AAG appearing for the state submitted that he is not in a position to file objections to the instant application on account of paucity of time. However, he placed on record the tentative information with regard to Govt Degree Colleges Dharmari and Kilhotran as the application of the petitioner is seeking interim relief with the regard to those two colleges only.
AAG further submitted that concern of as these two colleges are concerned, no doubt the same have been set-up in Govt Schools in their respective villages, but by now admission of about 70 students has already been conducted in Govt Degree College Dharmari and about 143 in Govt Degree college Kilhotran. The expected admission is about 200 or may be more. He further submitted that perhaps the classes have already started. However, he is not in a position to make categoric statement in this regard, the official (Prof Vijay Kotwal Principal GGM Science College Jammu) who has present also to assist AAG is also not aware of this factual position.
He wanted to have concrete information in this regard and seeking reasonable time so he would be in a better position to apprise the Court about other colleges as well especially with regard to criteria adopted for establishing those colleges and submitted that he would furnish detailed report with regard to all the 18 colleges which shall include the aforesaid two colleges also. Adv HC Jalmeria appearing for the PIL vehemently opposed the request of AAG for granting time. Upon this DB directed that AAG would place on record comprehensive information with regard to all the 18 colleges.
In the PIL filed by JKNPP through its President Mr. Bansi Lal Sharma submitted that on December 14, 2007, the State Cabinet vides its decision decided to open 18 Govt Degree Colleges in the State. On December 20, 2007, Commissioner/ Secretary Higher Education Dept issued order according sanction to setting-up of 10 Govt Degree colleges under Prime Minister's Reconstruction Plan and 8 Colleges under State Plan. It has been alleged that Dharmari (District Reasi) a small village with population of 375, at the behest of then MOS Higher Education Mr. Aijaz Ahmed Khan ignoring Mahore and Gool Tehsil Head-Quarters, selected for setting-up Govt Degree College whereas another Degree College was proposed for village Kilhotran District Doda, the village of Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad by ignoring Tehsil and Sub-Divisional Head-Quarter Gandoh. |
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