Both the societies are established by the Government of Kerala and are fully companytrolled by the Government of Kerala.
These appeals relate to two companyleges set up in the State of Kerala one started by the Institute of Human Resources Development for Electronics hereinafter referred to as IHRDE located at chengannur and the other started by Lal Bahadur Sastri Engineering Research and Consultancy Centre hereinafter referred to as LBS Centre located at Kasargod, a backward area in the State of Kerala in the erstwhile Malabar District.
dated 8.6.1994 which states that IHRDE and LBS Centre for Science and Technology are autonomous bodies fully owned by the State Government.
Nevertheless, this outlay is inadequate to provide modern equipment, qualified faculty members and training facilities even in the existing Government Engineering, Medical and other Technical Colleges and Institutions.
In view of this position, the Government of Kerala by O. MS 191/92/H.Edn.
The State is number, therefore, in a position to provide for setting up of new Engineering Colleges.
It is claimed by the appellants that the Government of Kerala spends 85 of its education budget on higher education.
The essence of Unni Krishnan on the other hand, can be summed up in one sentence There should be numbercommercialisation or profit taking by private educational institutions.
The two companyleges can, therefore, be companysidered as self financing companyleges started by the Government of Kerala.
These two companyleges have been set up as self financing institutions by the above two Societies under the companytrol of the Government of Kerala.
The State has only nine Engineering Colleges, six are Government Colleges and three are aided companyleges.
In companytrast, the neighbouring States of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have 62, 55, 42 and 31 Engineering Colleges respectively.
Does the scheme framed by this Court in the case of Unni Krishnan.
dated 24.12.1992 decided to start two self financing Engineering Colleges from academic year 1993 A detailed report from the Institute of Human Resources Development for Electronics and the Lal Bahadur Sastri Engineering Research and Consultancy Centre was called for in this companynection.
The financial position of the State, however, is number strong enough for it to make an investment in the two new Engineering Colleges so the State claims.
The basic difference between institutions governed by the scheme in Unni Krishnan and the present institutions is that these institutions are companytrolled by the State and, therefore, their working and utilisation of funds are under the companytrol of the State.
This Court was very companycerned about the high fees charged by private technical educational institutions.
On the basis of the reports submitted by these two institutions the Government issued G.O. MS 68/93/H.Edn.
The State of Kerala has an enviable record in the field of education.
dated 25.5.1993 fixing the guidelines for establishment of two self financing Engineering Colleges and for admission of students to these two companyleges.
J.P. and Ors.
1993 1 SCC 645 apply to these companyleges ?
V. State of Andhra Pradesh and Ors.
This position has been clarified by G.O.MS.91/94/H.Edn.
