Indore: All six Indian Institutes of Managements (IIMs) have scheduled April 12 as the date for the announcement of the final list of selected candidates in both the general and SC/ST category. So it is a hope that the admission process for 2007 will not get affected and the Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry will take some action or will have some words with the IIMs soon. Earlier, all the central educational institutions were asked to put on hold their final admission list till they get any further notice.

In this regard IIM Indore director S P Parasher said: "the communication from the ministry clearly spells out that no offers of admission should be issued till further orders that will come at the earliest. We have informed the ministry that the list was to be issued by April 12, and obviously expect the response to come as soon as possible." He said, however, that in the absence of a clear signal, some students might revert to enrolling at another institute.

IIM Kozhikode director Krishna Kumar said that he expected the ministry to revert with a fresh directive by April 12. "If not, we'll raise the question about what is to be done then," he said.