1 WP: 7028/2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.7028 OF 2011 ZEAL EDUCATION SOCIETY & Anr. ….. Petitioners Vs. Director of Technical Education ….. Respondents Maharashtra State & Ors. Mr. L.M. Acharya i/by Sathyam Acharya for Petitioners. Mr. Sagar Talekar i/by Rui Rodrigues for AICTE. Mr. V.D. Patil, Govt. Pleader for respondent - State. CORAM : MOHIT S. SHAH, C.J. AND SMT. R.P. SONDURBALDOTA, J. 26 August 2011 PC : The petitioner No. 2 is an existing engineering college which has recently been granted approval by AICTE for starting course of direct admission to second year of mechanical engineering with intake capacity of 60 seats, this writ petition is allowed and following directions shall apply to the afore-mentioned course for the academic year 2011-2012. 2. For the reasons recorded in the order dated 18 July 2011 passed in Writ Petition No.5455 of 2011, the petition is allowed and the following directions shall apply for the aforesaid course with 60 seats for the academic year 2011-2012. 2 WP: 7028/2011 ORDER i) Written undertakings of the Chairman and Secretary of Petitioner No.1 not to admit any student and accept fees for the afore-mentioned seats till the college is granted affiliation by respondent-University for the said seats and till petitioners comply 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 seats in the afore-mentioned course in the petitioner no.2 College as approved by AICTE in the list of such colleges for centralized process for the academic year 2011-2012 and Director of Technical Education shall forthwith include the aforesaid course/seats of petitioner College for Centralised Admission Process for direct second year admission to second year of Mechanical Engineering for the academic year 2011-2012 and to display the details of course/seats of Petitioner-College on its website along with other colleges. The information of said status will be published by DTE for Centralised Admission Process, Round II. iii) It is further directed that Petitioner-College shall not admit any student and accept the fees in the said course/seats before getting the affiliation 3 WP: 7028/2011 from respondent University in respect of additional intake capacity 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 affiliation in respect of aforesaid course/seats is pending with the concerned University and that no student shall be admitted by petitioner college in the additional seats without getting such affiliation. v) The petition is accordingly allowed in the aforesaid terms. vi) Respondent-University 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 SMT. R.P. SONDURBALDOTA, J.