New Delhi: If the new proposal by the Ministry of Minority Affairs comes into action then, the country could soon have a new model of central universities that offer preferential admission to students from minority communities which is not followed by any central varsity until now.

The proposal forwarded to the Law Ministry for inspection explores a central university model in public-private partnership mode (instead of total central funding), to come up on land donated by the Wakf Board in Rajasthan, Bihar and Karnataka.

Although offering admissions to both majority and minority students, the land for these universities will be given by the Musilm communities with the minorities getting the maximum share of seats.

They are expected to come up at Ajmer, Kishanganj and Mysore and are expected to get the maximum share of seats in these new varsities.

The Minister of Minority Affairs Salman Khursheed confirmed that the concept has been borrowed from Dr B.R Ambedkar University, which came up to educationally empower SC students.

While introducing this new proposal, the ministry seems to overlook the Supreme Court status which is still upholding its verdict upon the standing of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) as a minority institution.

Since the varsity came up under an act of legislature and does not conform to the requirements under Article 30 of the Constitution that allows the minorities to establish and manage minority institutions, it status stands disputed.

"The government can either wait for the Supreme Court's judgement or resort to setting up of new central varsities which can help the educationally deprived minority students," said Khursheed.