new delhi the supreme court judgment on minority educational institutions has drawn a mixed reaction in delhi while a number of minority educational institutions meis welcomed the judgment others are unhappy over the involvement of state governments in deciding the quantum of reservation in minority institutionsthe 11judge bench led by chief justice b n kirpal while upholding the 1991 st stephens judgment has empowered state governments to fix the quota of minority students depending on population students need and type of institutionthe st stephens judgment said that not more than 50 per cent seats can be reserved for minority students delhi sikh gurudwara prabandhak committee president paramjit singh sarna welcomed the judgment we want to safeguard the interests of sikh students but we do not want to close our eyes to other communities he said adding that the upholding of the st stephens judgment has protected the rights of the minority communityst stephens principal anil wilson said there was cautious optimism over the apex court order the court has tried to balance out article 30 1 and article 29 2 in that sense it is a liberalised judgment he saidjamia hamdard is also happy with the judgment the court has upheld up to 50 per cent reservation for minority students we are quite satisfied with that vicechancellor shiraj hussain said according to shiraj excess reservation would lead to falling academic standards standards can be maintained only when the university gets students from other communities and states he said the new clause of making admission through merit in unaided institutions is in their interest he addedhowever there is a flip side to the involvement of state governments many feel some minority engineering colleges in uttar pradesh are facing a problem in getting minority status similarly some state governments may keep the matter pending hussain said in states where minority communities are in a majority practical problems may crop up regarding the judgment for instance if the christian community wants to set up a medical college in nagaland where they are in majority only 50 per cent of the naga christian students would be able to get entry the rest of the seats will be grabbed by students from other parts of the country wilson said