GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

CHIEF SECRETARIAT (EDUCATION-I)

(G.O. Ms. No. 33, dated 5th June 2013)

ORDER

His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor is pleased to accord approval

to the scheme of reciprocal arrangements between Government of Puducherry

and Government of Kerala, in admitting students to the various UG/PG courses

in Mahatma Gandhi Government Arts College, Mahe under the control of Director

of Higher and Technical Education, Puducherry.

2. In Writ Petition No. 27497 of 2012 and 27498 of 2012 respectively

filed before the High Court at Chennai by Selvi E.K. Rinisha and Jimisha Vasu

of Kerala State, in a common order dated 7-12-2012, the Hon’ble Court passed

orders directing the Government of Puducherry to provide seats in Mahatma

Gandhi Government Arts College, Mahe eventhough they were from Kerala State

and 10% of reservation being given for outside State students having been

exhausted by allotment of seat which is kept unfilled.

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3. In the memorandum issued by the Government vide Memorandum

No. 23l9/G1.1/A2/85-86/Edn., dated 10-6-1985 of the Director of Education,

Education Department, Puducherry, it was instructed that 10% of seats would

be allotted purely on the basis of merit without any reference to the nativity/

residence of the candidates as per the guidelines of Supreme Court of India

and the remaining seats would be shared by the residents of Union territory of

Puducherry General candidates with effect from the academic year 1985-1986

onwards in respect of undergraduate courses, for which the Mahatma Gandhi

Government Arts College, Mahe is offering the 10% of seats for outside

candidates.

4. Mahatma Gandhi Government Arts College is the only Government

Arts College in Mahe offering undergraduate courses in nine disciplines and

postgraduate courses in two disciplines. As such the students from Mahe who

pass the graduate courses have insufficient opportunity for the postgraduate

courses. Eventhough the colleges in their neighbouring districts in Kerala are

offering postgraduate courses, the students from Mahe are not considered for

admission. Many graduate degree seats in the Mahatma Gandhi Government

Arts College, Mahe are left vacant every year. Up to 1993, the practice was

that, on completion of admission of students from Mahe, Kerala students were

admitted in the vacant seats. But later the admission for students from Kerala

was restricted up to 10% of total seats and hence, now, only 3 students from

Kerala are admitted in each subject.

5. After admitting all students of Mahe region, many seats in most

courses remained vacant and applications from students belonging to Kerala

State were not considered due to the above reason. In order to sort out this

issue, it was proposed to take up the issue with the Government of Kerala for

a reciprocal arrangement to avail certain seats reserved for students of Mahe

region into postgraduate courses, while offering seats in the Mahatma Gandhi

Government Arts College, Mahe in the undergraduate and postgraduate courses

to Kerala students. The matter was taken up with the Government of Kerala.

6. In response to this Union Territory Administration’s request, a meeting

was convened by Hon'ble Minister for Education, Kerala Government on 21-3-2013,

wherein, Shri E.Valsaraj, M.L.A. of Mahe and the Secretary to Government (Education)

have participated. A mutually agreeable decision was proposed to the effect that

the following number of seats in the undergraduate courses in the Mahatma

Gandhi Government Arts College, Mahe will be offered to the Kerala students

who shall apply to the “Regional Administrator, Mahe” at the time of admission

in that college.

Graduate level courses :

1. B.A. Hindi

. . 10 seats

2. B.Sc. Physics

. . 10 seats

3. B.Sc. Chemistry

. . 10 seats

4. B.Sc. Zoology

. . 10 seats

5. B.Sc. Plant Science

. . 10 seats

6. B.Sc. Mathematics

. . 10 seats

7. B.Sc. Computer Science

. . 10 seats

Total (Graduate level)

. . 70 seats

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Postgraduate courses :

M.A. Hindi

. .

5 seats

M.Sc. Plant Science

. .

5 seats

Total (PG level)

. .

10 seats

7. On a reciprocal basis, Government of Kerala agreed to admit

2 students from Mahe each for the postgraduate course in the colleges and

courses as detailed below, without affecting the admission of students from

Kerala by creating additional seats in the following colleges at Kerala and the

students admitted in those seats will be sponsored by the Regional

Administrator, Mahe.

Government Brennan College, Thalacherry, Kannur:

1. M.A. English

. .

1 seat

2. M.A. Economics

. .

1 seat

Government College, Madappally, Kozhikode:

M.Com.

. .

1 seat

Government College, Mananthavady, Wayanad:

M.Com.

. .

1 seat

V.K. Krishna Menon Memorial, Vanitha College, Kannur:

1. M.A. English

. .

1 seat

2. M.A. Development Economics. .

1 seat

Total

. .

6 seats

8. Accordingly, Government of Kerala issued G.O. Ms. No. 113/2013/

H.Edn., Thiruvananthapuram, dated 2-5-2013, giving approval to the above

scheme.

9. The Regional Administrator, Mahe shall take initiative to allot the

students into the above sponsored seats from Mahe through his office, on merit

basis at the time of admission in the concerned college/University in Kerala.

Government of Puducherry/Kerala/Universities will make necessary amendments

to this effect in the prospectus for admission in the colleges concerned.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

M. GUNASEKARAN,

Under Secretary to Government (Education).

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