Section 11:
Functions of Commission.
Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time
being in force, the Commission shall--
(a) advise the Central Government or any State Government on any question relating to the
education of minorities that may be referred to it;
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[(b) enquire, suo motu, or on a petition presented to it by any Minority Educational Institution, or
any person on its behalf into complaints regarding deprivation or violation of rights of minorities to
establish and administer educational institutions of their choice and any dispute relating to affiliation
to a University and report its finding to the appropriate Government for its implementation;
(c) intervene in any proceeding involving any deprivation or violation of the educational rights of
the minorities before a court with the leave of such court;
(d) review the safeguards provided by or under the Constitution, or any law for the time being in
force, for the protection of educational rights of the minorities and recommend measures for their
effective implementation;
(e) specify measures to promote and preserve the minority status and character of institutions of
their choice established by minorities;
(f) decide all questions relating to the status of any institution as a Minority Educational
Institution and declare its status as such;
(g) make recommendations to the appropriate Government for the effective, implementation of
programmes and schemes relating to the Minority Educational Institutions; and
(h) do such other acts and things as may be necessary, incidental or conducive to the attainment
of all or any of the objects of the Commission.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 18 of 2006, s.4, for cls. (b) and (c) (w.e.f. 23-1-2006).