(1) WP. 877.2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 877 OF 2011 Saraswati Bahuuddeshiya Sevabhavi Sanstha, Gojegaon PETITIONER VERSUS The Union of India and ors. RESPONDENTS ..... Mr. S.B. Talekar, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. C.R. Ingole Patil, A.G.P. for the Respondent-State. Mr. Alok Sharma, Assistant Solicitor General for U.O.I. None present for respondent no.6 though served. ..... CORAM : D.B. BHOSALE & M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 31ST MARCH, 2011 ORAL ORDER:- 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. Mr. Sharma learned Assistant Solicitor General at the outset placed on record a Public Notice, issued by All India Council for Technical Education (A Statutory Body of the Government of India). The said Public Notice, according to Mr. Sharma, was issued on 2.3.2011. The Public Notice reads thus:- " Public Notice It is clarified that the Technical Institutions i.e. Engineering Colleges, (2) WP. 877.2011 Polytechnics and Diploma Institutions running technical Degree/Diploma Courses in respect of which Letter of Intent (LOI) for establishment of the institution in the category as mentioned above was issued prior to 10.12.2010 and the Letter of Approval has not been rejected, the cases of such institutions having LOI in their favour will be considered for approval by the Competent Authority i.e. AICTE, in accordance with the norms/regulations (including the fees and FDR's) prevalent in respect of such institutions prior to coming into force of All India Council for Technical Education (Grant of Approval for Technical Institutions) Regulations, notified on 10.12.2010. However, all such institutions shall upload the information pertaining to their institution on the web portal of AICTE www.aicte-india.org so that the same can be processed. It is further clarified that any institution seeking approval for establishment of new Polytechnic (Technical Institutions offering diploma) or establishing a new Technical Institution (Degree/PG) on or after coming into force of All India Council for Technical Education (Grant of Approval for Technical Institutions) Regulations, 2011 shall be considered strictly in accordance with the new AICTE Regulations, namely, All India Council for Technical Education (Grant of Approval for Technical Institutions) Regulations, 2011 which came into force on 10.12.2010. Member-Secretary" (3) WP. 877.2011 2. In view of the aforementioned Notice, Mr. Talekar learned counsel for the petitioner does not press this Writ Petition and seeks liberty to the petitioner to upload the information pertaining to their institution on the web portal of AICTE, within a period of 10 days from today. The statement is recorded and accepted. If the petitioners upload the information as aforementioned within period of ten (10) days from today, the competent authority will consider the proposal of the petitioner for grant of approval, as per Letter Of Intent (LOI) dated 21.5.2010, as expeditiously as possible and preferably before the next academic year commences. From perusal of the Letter Of Intent, it is clear that it was issued prior to the date of notification dated 10.12.2010. It is needless to mention that as stated in the Public Notice, the petitioner's proposal will be considered in accordance with the norms/regulations (including the fees and FDR's) prevalent in respect of such institutions prior to coming into force of All India Council for Technical Education (Grant of Approval for Technical Institutions) Regulations, notified on 10.12.2010. (4) WP. 877.2011 However, the petitioner will have to comply with all the formalities, including the fees and FDR's, prevalent prior to the issuance of notification dated 10.12.2010. 3. With these observations, the Writ Petition is disposed of as not pressed. 4. Parties may act on a copy of this order, duly authenticated by the Court Sheristedar. Sd/- Sd/- [M.T. JOSHI, J.] [D.B. BHOSALE, J.] arp