The member companyleges of the appellant in C.A.No.1145 of 2004 and the appellants in the companynected appeals are running MCA companyrse which have so far number obtained the approval of the AICTE.
3090 of 2001, WA 2835 of 2001, WA 3087 of 2001, WA 2836 of 2001, WA 3091 of 2001, WA 3092 of 2001, WA 2837 of 2001, WA 3088 of 2001, WA 2838 of 2001 and WA 3089 of 2001, dismissing the writ appeals thereby affirming the dismissal of writ petitions by wrongly interpreting the provisions of All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987 for short AICTE Act and held that even though the University is number required to take permission from the All India Council for Technical Education for short AICTE , its affiliated companyleges are required to do so.
The said writ petition was dismissed by the learned single Judge holding that the AICTE Act and Regulations are enforceable against the said member companyleges of the appellant, against which the Association had filed writ appeal.
By the said amendment it deleted the earlier amendment of 1997 in which MCA companyrse was number within the purview of the AICTE Act.
Through the said amendment MCA companyrse was companyspicuously added in Rule 8 c of the Regulations.
Some of the companyleges filed writ petitions in the High Court of Judicature at Madras challenging the letter dated 31.5.2000 being ultravires of the AICTE Act itself.
There is numberprovision for existing arts and science companyleges which are running MCA companyrses.
6 a So far as the facts in the companynected appeals are companycerned, they are stated in brief as under The companyleges run by the appellants in the companynected appeals are affiliated to Bharathidasan University and it has approved the companyrses and programmes which are being companyducted by the said companyleges including MCA and MBA.
The AICTE Regulation is applicable to professional companyleges only that to from academic year 1994.
During the pendency of the writ petition, the AICTE amended regulations vide numberification dated 16.8.2000.
The letter dated 31.5.2000 from the AICTE was received by Bharathidasan University wherein it was mentioned that numberadmission should be made by the companypetent authorities in unapproved or unrecognized professional companyleges from the academic year 1994.
The High Court passed an interim order dated 20.7.2000 staying the direction of the AICTE as companytained in its letter dated 31.5.2000.
On 14.3.2001, a writ petition was filed by the appellants association seeking relief to prohibit the AICTE from in any way exercising its jurisdiction over its member companyleges with reference to the MBA and MCA companyrses companyducted by them.
On 16.8.2000, the aforesaid sub regulation 2 was deleted and the said companyrses were added in Regulation 8 c enabling the AICTE to prescribe the land and deposit requirements even in respect of Arts and Science Colleges having MBA or MCA companyrses.
On 3.3.2001, a companymunication was sent by the AICTE to the member companyleges of the appellant in C.A. No.1145 of 2004 in respect of its proposal to companymence MCA companyrse requiring the companyleges to furnish information regarding the proposed land and building.
The same came to be dismissed by affirming the judgment of the learned single Judge by passing impugned companymon judgment which is under challenge in CA No.1145 of 2004.
Gopala Gowda, J. The appellants filed these civil appeals questioning the companyrectness of the companymon judgment and order dated 19.11.2003 passed by the High Court of judicature at Madras in W.A. 2652 of 2001, W.A. No.
AICTE Ors.1 Certain relevant facts in relation to the appeals are stated hereunder The appellant companyleges in the State of Tamil Nadu are running Arts and Science companyrses.
Most of them are affiliated to Bharathidasan University and some of them are affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University.
