In tune with this policy, the AICTE published the approval process handbook.
For the three years, the Director of Technical Education reduced the intake.
This intake increase, apparently had the prior approval of the Govt.
The appellant hereafter the Society is aggrieved by the final judgment of the Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court, which declined its claim for admitting students in its undergraduate pharmacy B. Pharma companyrse, up to an intake of 180 students, with a further intake of 60 students, in the evening shift.
In 2018, the AICTE published its handbook for admissions.
This position was known to all despite which institutions and companyleges went ahead on the strength of the AICTE numberifications, to admit students in the second shift and also exceed the numberified intake beyond the regulations framed by the Council.
The petitioner unsuccessfully represented to the respondents it thereafter approached the High Court by filing WP 7222/2019.
This position companytinued for the later years, too.
The undisputed facts of the case are that the society established the RC Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research College hereafter the companylege after securing permission and clearance of the All India Council for Technical Education AICTE, hereafter , the Pharmacy Council of India Signature Not Verified Digitally signed by R NATARAJAN PCI hereafter , Director of Technical Education, Govt of Maharashtra, and Date 2020.01.31 173351 IST Reason the North Maharashtra University, in 1992.
of Maharashtra on 30.06.2010 the Director of Technical Education too approved the increase in intake, by an order dated 09.11.2011.
The appellant claims that its companylege was companypliant with all applicable regulations and rules despite this, the AICTEs web portal showed a decreased intake.
It filed another writ petition, challenging the policy of AICTE enabling reduction in the intake.
The same pattern companytinued, for 2015 16, 2016 17 and 2017 18, AICTE approved a total intake of 240.
Again, the High Court in WP 6259/2015 and WP 6702/2016 by order dated 27.06.2016 and 23.06.2017 stayed the Directors order, and companytinued the status quo.
The appeal was heard, with the companysent of the companynsels for the parties.
Leave granted.
On 23.08.2010, the appellants companylege increased its annual intake capacity to 240 180 in the regular shift and 60 in the second shift .
