- 1 - gopi wp-5720-11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 5720 OF 2011 Swami Vivekanand Institute of Technology (Polytechnic), Solapur & Anr. . ... Petitioners vs All India Council for Technical Education & Ors... Respondents Mr. Girish Kulkarni with Ms. Swati Deshmukh and H.Amembal i/b. S.R. Waghmare for petitioners. Mr. Rui Rodrigues for AICTE Mr. S.N.Patil A.G.P. for Respondent State CORAM: MOHIT S. SHAH, C. J. AND GIRISH GODBOLE, J DATE: 26 July 2011 P.C. 1. Petitioner No.1 is an existing Polytechnic College running Diploma course in engineering in various branches. Recently petitioner No.1 College has been granted approval by AICTE for increasing the intake capacity in Mechanical Engineering from 60 to 120 and following directions will apply for the said additional intake capacity in Mechanical Engineering of petitioner No.1. College:- OPERATIVE ORDER i) Written undertakings of the Chairman and Secretary of petitioner no.1 not to admit any student and accept fees till the college is granted permission by respondent-Board and till petitioners comply - 2 - gopi wp-5720-11 with Regulation 4.22 of AICTE shall be filed in this Court within one week from today and copy thereof shall be forwarded to all the respondents within one week from today. ii) State of Maharashtra shall accordingly issue appropriate Government Resolution notifying the petitioner-College as approved by AICTE in the list of such colleges for centralized admission process for the academic year 2011-2012 and Director of Technical Education shall forthwith include the petitioner-college for Centralized Admission Process and to allow choice codes to the first year S.S.C. Diploma Courses in Engineering for the academic year 2011-2012 and to display the name of Petitioner- College on its website along with other colleges. The information regarding the status will be published by DTE before commencement of Centralized Admission Process Round II. iii) It is further directed that Petitioner-College shall not admit any student and accept the fees before getting the permission from respondent No.4 Board and before complying with Regulation No. 4.22 of AICTE (Grant of Approvals for Technical Institutions) Regulation, 2010. Undertakings as aforesaid shall be filed in this Court within one week and copies thereof shall be forwarded to all the respondents within one week. iv) It is further directed that Director of Technical Education shall publish the information and also specifically mention that the application of the petitioner college for permission is pending with - 3 - gopi wp-5720-11 the concerned Board and that no student shall be admitted by petitioner college without getting such permission. v) The petition is accordingly allowed in the aforesaid terms. vi) Respondent-Board will be at liberty to move this Court for modification/clarification of this order, in case the need arises. Parties to act on a copy of this order duly authenticated by the registry of this Court. CHIEF JUSTICE GIRISH GODBOLE, J