1 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 28.03.2011 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.VENKATARAMAN W.P.(MD)No.3313 of 2011 and M.P.(MD)No.1 of 2011 Veerasamy Educational Trust, Veettamangalam Post, Karur District represented by its Chairman/Secretary, through his Power of Attorney P.K.Natarajan : Petitioner Vs. 1.All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), represented by its Member Secretary, 7th Floor, Chandra Lok Building, Janpath, New Delhi – 110 001. 2.The Regional Officer (AICTE), Southern Regional Office, No.26, Haddows Road, Shastri Bhavan, Chennai – 600 006. 3.The Director of Technical Education, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai – 600 025. : Respondents Prayer: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issue of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondent to process the application of the petitioner trust dated 01.03.2011 as per the letter of intent dated 17.04.2008 in accordance with AICTE approval process hand book 2007-2008 and grant approval to run the college for the academic year 2011-2012 and for further period. For Petitioner : Mr.K.Srinivasan, Senior Counsel for Mr.M.P.Senthil For Respondents : Ms.A.L.Ganthimathi ORDER Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned counsel appearing for the respondents. 2.By consent, this writ petition itself is taken up for final disposal. 3.The petitioner has come up with the present Writ Petition for a Writ Mandamus, directing the respondent to process the application of the petitioner trust dated 01.03.2011 as per the letter of intent dated 17.04.2008 in accordance with AICTE approval process hand book 2007-2008 and grant approval to run the college for the academic year 2011-2012 and for further period. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2 4.On notice, the learned counsel appearing for the respondents submitted that the application of the petitioner will be processed as per the old indent and hence, the apprehension of the petitioner, based on which the present writ petition filed, is to be rejected. 5.The learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the said submission made by the learned counsel for the respondent could be recorded and the writ petition could be closed. 6.In the facts and circumstances of the case and the said submission made by the learned counsel appearing for the respondents, the writ petition stands closed recording the statement made by the learned counsel for the respondents. The respondents are directed to process the application of the petitioner at the earliest, in any event, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 7.The Writ Petition stands disposed of in the above terms. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed. SD ASST REGISTRAR ( P AND A ) /TRUE COPY/ SUB ASST REGISTRAR arul To 1.The Member Secretary, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), 7th Floor, Chandra Lok Building, Janpath, New Delhi – 110 001. 2.The Regional Officer (AICTE), Southern Regional Office, No.26, Haddows Road, Shastri Bhavan, Chennai – 600 006. 3.The Director of Technical Education, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai – 600 025. 1CC TO M/S. AL. GANTHIMATHI, ADVOCATE, SR: 8353: DM:2011::APRIL:20::: Order made in W.P.(MD) No.3313 of 2011 Dated:- 28.03.2011 2P:5C:: https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/