Haryana Government on Saturday said it has revised guidelines for grant of Minority status to Minority Educational Institutional in the State.
A spokesman of the Education Department said that Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, would be the competent authority to grant recognition to minority educational institutions in Haryana.
The minority status would be accorded to the applicant society by the State Government if a minimum of two-third of the members of the Society or Trust belong to the same minority community and a certificate for each member is submitted, which is issued by the Sub Divisional Officer (Civil) along with photograph and verified signatures of the members.
He said that at the time of submission of application, the sponsoring body should be in possession of two acres of land either by way of ownership or on a perpetual irrevocable lease of at least 33 years in case when the proposed land falls in Municipal limits and five acres in case the land falls in rural area.
On the proposed land, the Society or Trust would give an undertaking that the land is meant only for the proposed institution and no other institution would be formed or raised on this land. For setting up of a degree college, it would be mandatory to start at least two streams of instructions.
The spokesman said that the aims and objectives of the educational agency incorporated in its bylaws should clearly specify that it is meant to primarily serve the interests of the minority community to which it belongs.
The minority educational institution would not compel any of its students or employees to take part in any of its religious activities. The minority educational institution would observe general laws of the land relating to educational institutions, he added.
He said that the minority educational institution would do nothing which might come in the way of communal andsocial harmony.
In case of aided minority institution, the admission of students from the community should be to a reasonable extent, say upto 50 per cent.