- 1 - wp-5908-11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.5908 OF 2011 Vidya Vikas Prathishtan and another. .. Petitioners vs Director of Technical Education and others. .. Respondents Mr Nitin Dhumal for petitioners. Mr. S.R.Shinde, Additional Government Pleader for Respondent- State Mr. Rui Rodrigues for AICTE. CORAM: MOHIT S. SHAH, C. J. AND GIRISH GODBOLE, J DATE : 29 July 2011 P.C. 1. The petitioner is an existing polytechnic college running diploma in Engineering courses in several branches. Recently, the petitioner-college has been granted approval by the AICTE for increasing seats in diploma course in Mechanical Engineering with intake capacity raising from 120 to 180 seats. For the reasons recorded in our order dated 18 July 2011 passed in Writ Petition No. 5455 of 2011, following directions shall accordingly apply to the said additional intake capacity of Mechanical Engineering course for the Academic year 2011-2012. 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 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 - 2 - wp-5908-11 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 for additional seats in the aforesaid diploma Course in Mechanical 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 for Centralized Admission Process. 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 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. - 3 - wp-5908-11 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