Religous minority educational institutions

It may be stated that the State or any
instrumentality of the State cannot deprive
the minority character of the institution,
founded by a minority community. The
Constitution provides a special right to
minorities to establish educational
institutions of their choice which has a
distinct identity. The right to administer
with continuance of such identity cannot
be denied by coercive action. Any such
coercive action would be void being
contrary to the Constitutional guarantee.
The right to administer is the right to
conduct and manage the affairs of the
institution. Reasonable regulations,
however, are permissible but regulations
should be of regulatory nature and not of
abridgement of the right guaranteed by the
Constitution.
However, one may think whether the
Constitutional protection made contri-
bution for the upliftment of minorities. For
example, one of the important minority
groups, namely, Muslim, is still suffering
with the
educational backwardness,
illiteracy and poverty. On the other hand,
another minority group, Christian, is
maintaining high literacy rate as was prior
to the Constitutional protection. Some-
times, the beneficiaries are the members of
the other communities in the name of a
particular minority institution specially for
technical and professional education,