Patna, April 13: The representatives of the 17 unaided Christian minority schools in the city will participate in a meeting on Sunday to decide on the fate of the seats set aside for underprivileged children, after the Supreme Court yesterday kept such institutions out of the purview of reservation in all states except at least three in the Northeast.

The meeting would be convened under the banner of Christian Minority Education Society. St Dominic Savio’s High School founder-director J.P. Galstaun, also a member of the society, said the issue of vacant seats would be discussed in the meet.

Sources said the modalities to be adopted for filling up the vacant seats would be worked out in the meet in which representatives of all the prominent schools, including St Dominic Savio’s High School, Don Bosco Academy, Notre Dame Academy and St Karen’s High School, would be present.

The Supreme Court yesterday ruled that all schools, barring unaided minority institutions, would have to set aside 25 per cent of their seats for disadvantaged sections in the neighbourhood. Since the right to education act deals with children up to 14 years of age, the 25 per cent rule will cover classes I to VIII.

The 2:1 judgment, delivered by a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia, means the 25 per cent rule will apply to aided minority institutions.

There are two aided minority institutions in the state capital — St Xavier’s School and Mount Carmel School.

When asked if his school would forego the government aid to come out of the ambit of seat reservation, Father George, the principal of St Xavier’s School, told The Telegraph: “I am not in a position to comment. I am yet to go through the judgment in detail.”

Repeated attempts to contact the Mount Carmel School principal proved futile.

Private schools, on the other hand, are planning to file a review petition. Association of Independent Schools, Bihar, president M. Hasan said: “Private unaided schools are planning to file review petitions before a larger bench pleading that the government rules cannot be imposed on them because they are not getting any government aid.”