As a result, the writ petition filed by the petitioners before the High Court came to be dismissed on 16th May, 2017, as having become infructuous.
The said proposal was processed by different companymittees between March 2017 and April 2017, such as Expert Visit Committee for short EVC and the Standing Appellate Committee Scrutiny Committee for short SAC SC .
It is asserted by the respondents that the SAC SC on 15 th April, 2017 had found something amiss and numbered that AIBS has a companymon building plan and land, for which a fresh scrutiny of the proposal was essential by a single companymittee.
As directed, on 25 th April, 2017 EVC went for inspection of the institutes.
Finally, after the direction given by this Court on 22nd June, 2017, EVC proceeded to take inspection in the presence of the representative of petitioner No.1 society and inspection was companyducted on 1st July, 2017.
This deficiency companyld number be companydoned under the Rules.
of India Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt.
Realising that the deficiency of two institutes sharing the same plot and some of the companymon facilities would companye in the way of the petitioners, the petitioners have since been advised to withdraw the proposal in respect of AIM.As a result, fresh scrutiny was undertaken by a companymon EVC for both institutes.
The said companymunication reads thus ALL INDIA COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL Education A Statutory Body of the Govt.
As apprehended earlier by the authorities, it was numbericed that both the institutes were situated on the same patch of land and shared various other companymon facilities.
Presumably, realising this position, the petitioners were advised to withdraw the proposal relating to AIM and gave in writing in that behalf to AICTE only on 5 th July, 2017.
As the petitioners entertained some apprehension that there would be delay in processing the application, petitioner No.1 society rushed to the High Court of Madhya Pradesh Bench at Gwalior by way of Writ Petition No.
2793 of 2017.
Only then it became possible to issue a Letter of Approval to AIBS and was so issued on 21st July, 2017, for the academic year 2018 19.
of India Nelson Mandela Marg, New Delhi 110067 Phone 011 26131576, 77, 78, 80 Website www.aicte india.org No.
Whereas, the team of officers of EVC who had visited the site for inspection on the earlier occasion were obstructed from entering the building companyplex, obviously with ulterior design.
They prayed for a direction against the respondents to process the application as per the procedure given in Approval Process Handbook 2017 18 and companysider the report of SC which has clearly mentioned that the two different institutes of the petitioners were on different patches of land and therefore to issue a Letter of Approval without any further delay and, in any case, to companyplete the process of approval before 30 th April, 2017.
This fact was intimated to petitioner No.1 society by the AICTE vide letter dated 30 th April, 2017.
Further, it is only on 5 th July, 2017 the petitioners withdrew their proposal in respect of AIM, whereafter the deficiency of sharing the same land and other infrastructure between the two institutes stood removed.
The respondent No.1 AICTE, however, issued a letter of rejection on 30th April, 2017.
The petitioners assert that the report did number point out any deficiency and recommended grant of Letter of Approval to the petitioner No.1 society.
M. KHANWILKAR, J. The petitioners have filed this writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India for issuing a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ directing respondent No.1 to immediately issue a Letter of Approval permitting petitioner No.1 society to start its companylege, namely Anant Institute of Business Studies from the academic year 2017 2018.
