HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA Writ Petition No. 18815 of 2009 Order: The request of the petitioner for grant of approval for establishing B.Ed. College and for intake of students for the academic year 2009-2010, was rejected by respondent No.1 by the impugned order dated 20.08.2009, on the ground that the College does not possess requisite infrastructure. Questioning this order, the petitioner had already preferred appeal before respondent No.2 namely, the Member Secretary, A.I.C.T.E., New Delhi, stating that they are having the necessary infrastructure, but however, no orders thereon, had been passed, and the same is still pending consideration. Today, when the matter is taken up, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner and admitted to by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respective respondents that similar writ petition in W.P. No.17877 of 2009 was disposed of by this Court by order dated 07.09.2009 with certain directions. Hence, following the said order, and for the reasons mentioned therein, this writ petition is also disposed of with the following directions, as made therein: “The petitioner is directed to file an application to the 2nd respondent-Member Secretary, All India Council for Technical Education, by paying requisite fee of Rs.40,000/- for reconsideration of his application for approval of new Degree Engineering College. On such application being filed, the 2nd respondent is directed to verify whether the petitioner’s college has the required infrastructure as per the norms and standards of A.I.C.T.E. Regulation and Handbook for Approval Process and submit a report to the 1st respondent-appellate authority, before whom the appeal, said to have been filed by the petitioner, is pending consideration. The appellate authority, after considering the said report shall dispose of the appeal by passing appropriate orders thereon, in accordance with law, expeditiously”. Accordingly, with the directions as above, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. _________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 08.09.2008 KSR