AP starts EAMCET counselling, Telangana minister tells aspirants to boycott the session
31 July 2014 3:05 AM GMT
APSCHE released the notification for certificate verification of students
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Hyderabad: The battle over Eamcet counselling between Telangana state and Andhra Pradesh intensified on Wednesday with the APSCHE releasing the notification for certificate verification of students.
Telangana education minister G. Jagadeeshwar Reddy asked the students of Telangana not to participate in the counselling, while Andhra Pradesh HRD minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao said the GO issued by Telangana on Wednesday on FAST, basing 1956 as the cut-off year for nativity, is unconstitutional. The AP government is consulting its advocate-general on the issue.
Telangana government officials also termed the decision of the APSCHE to notify certificate verification despite objections as a ‘face-saving’ move. Officials said the APSCHE is not a statutory body and the government decision is final in case of a dispute, according to Section 18 of the APSCHE Act.
“Everything will depend on the Supreme Court hearing on August 4. But even then, we will do what we can do. You can’t go to the United States in two hours, can you? Without guidelines on FAST, we can’t initiate counselling,” a senior official said.
Officials also said that classes had never started before August. The Telangana education minister alleged that APSCHE chairman Prof L. Venugopal Reddy had colluded with AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. He said the Telangana government will conduct its own counselling.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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