THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 15138 OF 2007 O R D E R: The petitioner assails a memo, dated 29.1.2007, issued by the Executive Oﬃcer of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, the 1st respondent herein. Through the impugned memo, the 1st respondent directed that the Departments and Sections of the Devasthanam shall not act upon certiﬁcates of education qualiﬁcations, issued by the Institute of Advanced Studies in Education (IASE), the alleged deemed University, Gandhi Vidya Mandir, Sardarshar, Rajasthan. According to him, the courses imparted by the said institution are not approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). He directed that the applications, based on such certificates, shall not be forwarded to him. The petitioner was initially appointed as Line Inspector by the Devasthanam, and in the year 2000, he was promoted as Assistant Engineer. He is said to have acquired a degree from IASE on 4.6.2007. Petitioner states that he has obtained permission of the Devasthanam, before undergoing the course. He made a representation dated 2.7.2007 to the 1st respondent, with a prayer to promote him to the post of Assistant Executive Engineer. The same was turned down, on the basis of the impugned memo. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. It is prerogative of an employer to recognize or equate the degrees issued by any institution, in the context of the employment or promotion, in the organization. A person holding diploma is entitled to be promoted to the post of Assistant Engineer. The qualiﬁcation for the post of Assistant Executive Engineer is pass in B.Tech. The petitioner did not obtain such a degree from any regular university. He is said to have completed the course from IASE. In clear terms, the 1st respondent stated that the course imparted by such institution is not approved by the AICTE. Learned counsel for the petitioner is not able to place any material before this court, to disclose that the AICTE had accorded approval for the courses run by IASE. Learned counsel for the petitioner places reliance upon the judgment of the Supreme Court in BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY v. ALL INDIA COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION[1]. The Supreme Court took the view that the AICTE cannot require the University to obtain prior approval for starting a department or unit as an adjunct to the university itself. Firstly, the judgment of the Supreme Court in Bharathidasan University’s case1 is no longer good law, in view of the subsequent judgments of the Supreme Court in GOVT. OF A.P. & ANOTHER v. J.B. EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY AND ANOTHER [2]; T.M.A. PAI FOUNDATION v. STATE OF KARNATAKA [3]; and ISLAMIC ACADEMY OF EDUCATION v. STATE OF KARNATAKA [4]. Further it is not even pleaded that the IASE is an University recognized by the UGC. Under these circumstances, no relief can be granted to the petitioner. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________ 1st August 2008 PAN [1] (2001) 8 SCC 676 [2] (2005) 3 SCC 212 [3] (2002) 8 SCC 481 [4] (2003) 6 SCC 697