Telangana: Notices served on 30 pvt engineering colleges for management admissions violations

Council authorities discovered that some colleges admitted students before the admission notification was issued, bypassing the merit order and charging exorbitant fees. According to regulations, 70% of seats in private engineering colleges are filled under the convener quota through TG EAPCET web-based counseling. The remaining 30% are to be filled by managements after advertising in at least three leading newspapers.

Hyderabad: Cracking whip on the errant private engineering college managements, the Telangana Council of Higher Education (TGCHE) served notices on 30 institutions for violating management quota admissions for the academic year 2024-25.

The Council authorities have found that some colleges admitted students even before the admission notification was issued and without following the order of merit besides charging exorbitant fees.

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As per rules, the 70 per cent of the seats in private engineering are filled in the convener quota category via the TG EAPCET web-based counselling. Remaining 30 per cent seats are to be filled by the managements by advertising in at least three leading newspapers.

While a notification for management quota seats has been issued on July 31, it was noticed that some colleges concluded the enrolment in May itself. During the course of investigation by a committee, it was found that a college collected Rs.2 lakh for a seat from a student in advance before issuance of admission notification.

Another significant violation was disregard to merit-based admissions and charging exorbitant fees. As per the admission guidelines, the management quota seats are to be filled with NRI category for not exceeding 15 per cent of the sanctioned intake in each course.
The vacant seats, if any, from NRI quota, should be filled on merit basis with candidates who qualified in the JEE Main. Further, the remaining unfilled seats have to be filled with TG EAPCET qualified candidates. If seats still remain unfilled, they can be filled on merit basis with candidates securing not less than 45 per cent in intermediate (40 per cent in case of reserved categories). However, several managements gave a go by to this rule.

The authorities have also found that some colleges disregarded the rule of advertising the management admissions in the leading newspaper as per the admission rules. Since these colleges violated the rules, the Council has put admissions ratification on hold.
“Several private colleges have violated the merit while admitting students. A few charged the fee more than prescribed. Notices have been served and explanation has been sought,” official sources said.