Thursday, August 18 2005 10:02 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Coming under increasing pressure from allied political parties and Members of Parliament for a legislation to overturn the Supreme Court judgement abolishing government quotas in private unaided colleges, Government yesterday (August 17, 2005)said a law would be enacted as it was committed to the reservation policy.

"Law will be made," HRD Minister Arjun Singh told reporters adding that the Supreme Court has said its order has to be carried out from the next academic session and the government had time till then.

Earlier, he told the Lok Sabha that he has convened a meeting of state ministers in charge of professional education in Delhi on Aug 27 to evolve a national approach to last week's apex Court ruling.

An all-party meeting would be convened before the end of the current session of Parliament to discuss the issue, he added.

Delegations of MPs from Tamil Nadu comprising parties of the United Progressive Alliance(UPA), headed by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), and a separate Left parties leaders group met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and urged him to bring a Central legislation to provide for reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs in self-financing higher educational institutions.

The MPs and political parties were of the view that the Supreme Court judgement was a 'direct blow' to social justice.