Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has decided to waive the condition of need of domicile certificate for admission to medical, engineering, pharmacy, law and other courses.
Thousands of students and their parents can now heave a sigh of relief, as chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has decided to waive the condition of need of domicile certificate for admission to medical, engineering, pharmacy, law and other courses.
A parent from western suburbs said, on the condition of anonymity, that she paid a bribe of Rs9,000 for the certificate as her son was expecting his CET result on Tuesday. “Even after paying that much, the certificate was not issued in the assured period of two days,” she said.
Chavan discussed the issue with officials from the school, higher and technical education and law and judicial department on Monday. Higher and technical education minister Rajesh Tope had received complaints about delays in the issuance of the domicile certificate from the parents. He had, two weeks ago, directed the authorities to expedite the process.
The plight of thousands of other parents, whose children were applying for various streams in colleges, was similar. The issue was taken up to Chavan last week by the elected representatives. MLAs from the city and suburbs from various parties had demanded waiver of domicile certificate requirement for college admissions. It was brought to Chavan’s notice that acquiring the certificate has become troublesome for parents, as it takes days and long hours in the queue. MLAs also had complained about the corrupt issuance authorities.
“Once the birth and school leaving certificates are produced by students, it automatically proves 15 years’ in the state. The domicile required for educational purpose is only 10 years,” said BJP MLA Gopal Shetty. “Also, for 3% of migrated students, rest 97% were held for ransom. We are thankful to the chief minister for the same.”
This decision, however, is expected to hamper the business of the lawyers who handle clients requiring the certificate during the college admission season.
Advocate Rajendra Javanjal said, “Relaxation of this criterion will lead to migrants flooding the city.” When asked about its affect on the legal professionals who help students in getting the certificate, he said, “The impact will be minimum. The rush for the certificate is is only for around 20 days before the admissions.”
(With inputs from Mustafa Plumber)
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