- 1 - WP-5805 asn IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 5805 OF 2011 Aakar Kala and Krida Mandal and anr. .. Petitioners vs Director of Technical Education Maharashtra State & ors .. Respondents Mr .L.M.Acharya i.b Mr. Ranvir Shekhawat for Petitioners. Mr. S.N. Patil, A.G.P. for Respondent-State Mr. Rui Rodrigues for AICTE CORAM: MOHIT S. SHAH, C. J. AND GIRISH GODBOLE, J DATE: 27 July 2011 P.C. 1. The petitioner no.2 is an existing Management College which has recently been granted approval by the AICTE for starting new course of MBA with intake capacity of 120 seats for the Academic year 2011-2012. Hence, following directions shall apply for the MBA course with intake capacity of 120- seats 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 for the - 2 - WP-5805 aforesaid 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 petitioner 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 seats of petitioner- college for Centralized Admission Process in Master in Business Administration (MBA) course for the academic year 2011-2012 and to display the details of seats of Petitioner- College on its website along with other colleges. The information of said status will be published by DTE tomorrow. Iii) It is further directed that Petitioner-College shall not admit any student and accept the fees in the said seats before getting the affiliation from respondent University in respect of 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. - 3 - WP-5805 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 seats is pending with the concerned University and that no student shall be admitted by petitioner college for the aforesaid 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 GIRISH GODBOLE, J