Pvt colleges want TN to clear pending SC/ST scholarship funds - The Times Of India
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Chennai:25.09.2020
An association of private colleges has moved the Madras high court seeking direction to the Tamil Nadu government to release scholarship funds meant for students from SC and ST communities which are pending since 2017.
Disposing of the plea, Justice K Ravichandra Baabu directed the state to consider the representation of the association and dispose of the same in eight weeks.
According to the petitioner-association, represented by Palaniswamy, scholarships have been provided to students of SC and ST communities studying in private colleges under a central government scheme.
Such funds would be released by the state government at the end of every academic year directly to the college concerned. However, the funds meant to be released for the academic years 2017 to 2019 are still pending for disbursal, the petitioner said.
Claiming that such funds are vital to ensure higher education to SC and ST students, the petitioner wanted the court to direct the state to release the funds immediately.
When the plea came up for hearing, the petitioner submitted that the pending funds which runs to crores of rupees has not been released to private colleges concerned since 2017.
The government has also not responded to various representations made by the institutions in this regard prompting the association to approach the court, he added.
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The petitioner submitted that the pending funds which run into crores of rupees have not been released to the private colleges concerned since 2017
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