Mathammal Sheela Engineering College, Petitioner vs State of Tamil Nadu and Others, Respondents.

G.B. PATTANAIK AND U.C. BANERJEE, JJ.

Constitution of India, Article 29 and 30 - G.Os. No. 220 dated 1.6.1998 and 172 dated 26.4.1999 -Technical Institutions run by linguistic or religious minorities - Admissions to - Held, the linguistic or religious minority institutions will have to grant admission to candidates belonging to the minority community from and within the State of Tamil Nadu at the first instance and, in respect of remaining vacant seats it will be open to such institutions to grant admission to candidates belonging to the minority community hailing from outside, if the minority community is recognised as such in the State of Tamil Nadu -All seats remaining vacant and unfilled by minority institutions after 31ªt of August should be intimated to the Director of Technical Education who can fill them up under the Single Window System ... within a period of three weeks from the date of the communication and after three weeks from the date of the communication received by the Director of Technical Education, if those seats are not filled up by the Government concerned then such minority institutions would be free to fill them up by their own candidates - any seats belonging to the 50% Government quota which is not filled up by the Government or the appropriate authority ... will be open for those minority institutions to fill up with their own candidates belonging to the minority  communities. (Source: 1999(4) SCALE)