allahabad even while the bahujan samaj partyled state government is trying to project itself as champion of the minority community a former bureaucrat has cited a go to buttress his claim that it is overriding constitutional provisions in the name of providing primary education to the communitybringing the matter to the notice of members of the minority community syed mahfooz ali who served as director and special secretary in the up government has said if the state government intends to ameliorate the condition of minorities then it should provide a conducive environment for providing primary education to them instead it is creating unnecessary hindrances in the affairs of educational institutions run by the minority communityexplaining the reasons he said constitutionally the minority institutions have been given a free hand in the matter of appointment of teaching and other staff as per their choice but shockingly the bsp government issued a go dated september 2008 signed by the joint secretary and addressed to the director secondary education stating all vacancies arising in the primary section of minority institutions may not be filled unless a formal approval is sought from the state governmentdoes this mean that as per the go the state government can override provisions of the constitution or that it intends to control the affairs of the minority institutions he said besides there is no such provision in any other act whereby a minority institution is subject to control by any other authority he claimed however even while making tall claims about uplift of the minority community the government has issued the impugned go and hurt their sentiments he saidwhen the opinion of joint director secondary education amar nath verma was sought on the issue he said the government order go was issued in the wake of appointments of teachers in affiliated primary schools of minority institutions in violation of set norms wherein their strength was fairly more compared to the number of students enrolledhe added that at times the management of minority institutions fudged the figures of students in the school register to justify their claim of excess appointments