IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1444 of 2008 (M/S) Committee of Management, Doon College of Engineering and Technology Education, through its Chairman Dariyav Singh, S/O Late Ram Singh, Tahakurpur, Prem Nagar, Dehradun. …… Petitioner. Versus All India Council of Technical Education, through its Chairman, 7th Floor, Chandra Lok Building, Janpath, New Delhi-11001 and two others. … Respondents. Sri S.K. Mandal, learned counsel for the petitioner. Sri Arvind Vashist, learned counsel for the respondent no. 3. Date August 19, 2008. Hon’ble B.S. Verma, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. This writ petition has been filed for issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing and commanding the respondent no. 1 to inspect the Institution of the petitioner within a stipulated time as per the examination norms of the Registrar, Uttarakhand Technical University and to start the class for the Session 2008-09. According to the petitioner, the petitioner is a registered society under the Societies Registration Act with Registration Number 307/1991 dated 24-8-1991 and the registration has been renewed for a period of five years from 23-8-2006 by Renewal No. 392/2006-2007 dated 2-11-2006 (copy Annexure No. 1 to the writ petition). The Director of Society made an application on 28-12-2007 to the respondent no.3 for grant of approval for B.Tech (Four Year Full Time Course as per AICTE norms) and the respondent no. 3, in turn, forwarded the letter to the AICTE and on 15-4-2008, Regional Officer sent a letter to the petitioner stating therein that since the petitioner had sent the proposal for establishment of new Technical Institution in the name and style of Doon College of Technical Education, Prem Nagar, Dehradun, wherein a direction was given to rectify the deficiencies, vide Annexure No. 3. On 29-5-2008, the Director of the proposed college submitted all the documents and rectified the deficiencies as per direction of the respondent no.1. ON 10-6-2008 the Information Officer of M.D.D.A. sent a letter to the Chief Administrative Officer Doon Para Medical College, Dehradun stating therein that the institution is in the master plan of MDDA and it is approved for the use of educational purposes vide Annexure No. 5. According to the petitioner on 25th June 2008, an application was made an application to the respondent no.1, i.e., Chairman, AICTE, to send a committee to inspect the college and again on 27th June 2008 an application was made for the same purpose vide Annexure No. 7. The relevant portion of the letter reads as under:- “With due respect I state that my proposal of Engineering College (Doon College of Engineering & Technology, Thakurpur Dehradun, Uttarakhand) has already been sent to your office by Regional Director, AICTE, Kanpur. After getting compliance of the deficiencies now we are ready to get the original documents to be checked by your committee. Please arrange a committee to check the original documents. I have completed all formalities such as Building, Labs, Library and every necessity to run an engineering college. I request you to kindly send a committee to inspect our college so that the session 2008-09 may be started in time.” 2 On 28-6-2008, the petitioner prepared a Bank Draft for a sum of Rs. 50,000/- in the name of Member Secretary AICTE New Delhi, which is to be submitted before inspection of the college. In the course of arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner has urged that the ends of justice in the matter would be subserved if the respondent no.1 is directed to take a decision on the application moved by the petitioner on 27-6-2008 (copy Annexure No. 7 to the writ petition) at an early date and the writ petition may be disposed of finally today. In the above facts and circumstances of the case, the respondent no.1 is directed to take a decision on the application of the petitioner dated 27-6-2008 (copy Annexure No. 7) expeditiously as far as possible With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of finally. (B.S. Verma, J.) RCP 3