The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) has asked nearly 1000 aspiring minority institutions to submit details about community-wise enrolment of students to decide whether minority status should be granted to them. As per the Supreme Court direction, a substantive population of students in minority institutions should belong to the community which has established the institution. <br/><br/>Speaking exclusively to AIR, NCMEI Chairperson Justice M S A Siddiqui said he has asked the institutions to give affidavits with details about percentage of students from different communities studying in them.<br/><br/>AIR correspondent reports that the Supreme Court in the case of T M A Pai Foundation and others versus State of Karnataka and others has in 2002 ruled that it is upto the state government to prescribe percentage of students from minority community in a minority institution keeping in view the population in the locality and their educational needs.