IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC WEDNESDAY, THE 17TH AUGUST 2011 / 26TH SRAVANA 1933 WP(C).No. 22206 of 2011(A) ---------------------- PETITIONER : --------------------- THE MANAGER, ST.JOSEPH'S COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, BHARANANGANAM, PALAI. BY ADVS. SRI.KURIAN GEORGE KANNANTHANAM, SENIOR ADVOCATE SRI.TONY GEORGE KANNANTHANAM SRI.MATHEW K. SIMON RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. M.G.UNIVERSITY, REP.BY ITS REGISTRAR, PRIYADARSHINI HILLS, KOTTAYAM- 686660. 2. THE VICE CHANCELLOR, M.G.UNIVERSITY, PRIYADARSHINI HILLS, KOTTAYAM-686660. 3. STATE OF KERALA, REP.BY THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HIGH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, GOVT.SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-686001. R1 & R2 BY ADV. SRI. T.A. SHAJI, SC R3 BY SR. GOVT. PLEADER SMT. M.J .RAJASREE THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 17/08/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Mn ...2/- WP(C).No. 22206 of 2011(A) APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT.P1 : COPY OF THE PRINT OUT FROM THE AICTE WEBSITE FORWARDED TO THE UNIVERSITY BY A COVERING LETTER DATED 2-7-2011. EXT.P2 : COPY OF THE APPLICATION DT. 31-1-2011 FOR STARTING POST GRADUATE COURSES. EXT.P3 : COPY OF THE APPLICATION DT. 31-1-2011 OF -D0- EXT.P4 : COPY OF THE LETTER DATED 7-7-2011 ISSUED BY THE 1ST RESPONDENT. EXT.P5 : COPY OF THE LETTER DATED 3-8-2011 ISSUED BY THE 1ST RESPONDENT. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS - NIL //TRUE COPY// P.A. TO JUDGE Mn ANTONY DOMINIC, J. ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` W.P.(C) No. 22206 of 2011 A ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Dated this the 17th day of August, 2011 J U D G M E N T ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Petitioner is the Manager of a Self Financing Engineering College. They obtained approval of the AICTE for M.Tech in Computer Sciences and VLSI Embedded Systems. Thereupon, they made Exts.P2 and P3 applications to the University seeking affiliation for the said courses. An inspection team of the University inspected the college and were satisfied with the infrastructure offered. Thereafter, the application was considered and the University recommended the college and sought the views of the Government by letter dated 07.07.2011. This was conveyed by the petitioner also. However, on the ground that the Government have not conveyed their views in the matter, the University has not taken any final decision in Exts.P2 and P3 applications. It is with this complaint, the writ petition has been filed. W.P.(C) No.22206/2011 : 2 : 2. Pleadings show that by Ext.P4 letter dated 07.07.2011, the University has already sought for the views of the Government. In that view of the matter, the University cannot be accused of having delayed the orders on the application of the petitioner. 3. It is to be stated that in several cases of this nature, this Court has held that once the views of the Government have been sought for and if the views are not forthcoming after reasonable time, the University is free to take a decision on its own on applications such as Exts.P2 and P3. In that view of the matter, I dispose of this writ petition also directing that, if views of the Government are not forthcoming, the University shall take final decision on Exts.P2 and P3. This shall be done, as expeditiously as possible and at any rate, within three weeks from the date of production of a copy of this judgment. Sd/- (ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE) aks/17/08 // True Copy // P.A. To Judge