The Tamil Nadu Admission to Undergraduate Professional Courses on Preferential Basis to Students of Government Schools Act, 2021

The Tamil Nadu Admission to Undergraduate Professional Courses on Preferential Basis to Students of Government Schools Act, 2021

Arrangements of Sections Preamble

(1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Admission to Undergraduate professional courses on preferential basis to students of Government schools Act, 2021. (2) It shall come into force at once.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) “aided institution” means an educational institution which receives grant from the Government under section 10 of the Tamil Nadu Private Colleges (Regulation) Act, 1976. (b) “Government” means the State Government; (c) “Government seats” mean,— (i) all the seats in undergraduate professional courses in Universities, University colleges and Government colleges; (ii) such number of seats in aided institutions, as may be directed by the Government; and (iii) 65 per cent. of seats in undergraduate professional courses in non-minority educational institutions and 50 per cent. of such seats in minority educational institutions or the seats as arrived at in accordance with the consensus between such institutions and the Government; (d) “Government schools” mean and include Government schools, Corporation schools, Municipal schools, Panchayat Union schools, Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare schools, Kallar Reclamation schools, Forest Department schools and other schools managed by Government departments; (e) “minority educational institution” means an educational institution recognised or declared as such by the Government, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed; (f) “private school” means a school which is not a Government school; (g) “Students studied in Government schools” mean children who have studied from Sixth standard to Higher Secondary course in a Government school. Explanation.— For the purpose of this definition, children belonging to weaker section and disadvantaged group who have studied upto Eighth standard in a specified category school or an unaided school, as per clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 12 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 and studied all remaining standards upto Higher Secondary course in a Government school, shall be deemed to be ‘Students studied in Government schools’; (h) “undergraduate professional courses” mean the first year of Bachelor of Engineering, Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Fisheries Science, Law including other professional courses as may be notified by the Government; (i) “University” means a University established or incorporated by an Act of the State Legislature.

Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force and subject to section 5, seven and a half per cent. of the Government seats shall be set apart on preferential basis to students studied in Government schools.

Students studied in Government schools shall also be entitled to compete for the Government seats, other than those set apart on preferential basis, along with the students who studied in private schools.

Admission of students studied in Government schools on preferential basis under section 3 shall be made by following the reservation as per the law in force.

Notwithstanding anything contained in section 3, where adequate number of students studied in Government schools are not available for admission to the seats set apart on preferential basis, such unfilled seats shall be filled up with the students who studied in private schools.

(1) The Government may, by notification, make rules for carrying out all or any of the purposes of this Act. (2) (a) All rules made under this Act shall be published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, and unless they are expressed to come into force on a particular day, shall come into force on the day on which they are so published. (b) All notifications issued under this Act shall, unless they are expressed to come into force on a particular day, come into force on the day on which they are so published. (3) Every rule made, notification or order issued under this Act shall, as soon as possible, after it is made or issued, be placed on the Table of the Legislative Assembly, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so placed or the next session, the Legislative Assembly makes any modification in any such rule, notification or order or the Legislative Assembly decides that the rule, notification or order shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be, so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule, notification or order.

The Government may, from time to time, give such directions as it may deem fit for giving effect to the provisions of this Act.

If any difficulty arises in giving effect to any provisions of this Act, the Government may, by an order published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, make such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as may be necessary or expedient for the purpose of removing the said difficulty: Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of a period of two years from the date of the commencement of this Act.