IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC FRIDAY, THE 2ND SEPTEMBER 2011 / 11TH BHADRA 1933 WP(C).No. 22972 of 2011(V) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- TKM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, KOLLAM, REPRESENTED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GOVERNING BODY, SHAHAL M.MUSALIAR. BY ADV. SRI.GEORGE POONTHOTTAM RESPONDENT(S): --------------- UNIVERSITY OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE REGISTRAR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM- 695001. ADV. SRI.M.RAJAGOPALAN NAIR, SC, KERALA UTY. FOR R1 THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 02/09/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: WPC.22972/2011 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: P1 COPY OF THE INCREASED INTAKE SANCTIONED BY AICTE. P2 COPY OF THE REQUEST DT 8.7.11. P3 COPY OF THE G.O. DT 4.6.11. P4 COPY OF THE COMMUNICATION DT 23.7.11. // True Copy // P.A. To Judge ANTONY DOMINIC, J. ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` W.P.(C) No. 22972 of 2011 V ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Dated this the 2nd day of September, 2011 J U D G M E N T ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Petitioner is an educational agency, which had established an aided Engineering College. In this writ petition, it is stated that they have two batches in B.Tech Mechanical Engineering and until the last year, the sanctioned strength of the students was 100 which has now been increased by the AICTE to 120. However, the University has not granted affiliation in respect of the additional 20 and it is with this complaint, this writ petition is filed. 2. It is now submitted that during the pendency of this writ petition, a formal application seeking additional affiliation was submitted by the petitioner on 29.08.2011 and that the University should be directed to consider the said application in the light of the AICTE approval. 3. Standing Counsel for the University submits that W.P.(C) No.22972/2011 : 2 : what is produced in the writ petition evidencing the approval of AICTE(Ext.P1) is what is downloaded from the website of the University and for getting additional affiliation, AICTE approval should be produced. If the application made by the petitioner is complete in all respects, necessarily the same has to be processed in accordance with the University Act and Statute. Therefore, I dispose of this writ petition, directing that, within four weeks of production of a copy of this judgment, the University shall complete inspection on the infrastructure provided by the petitioner and pass orders on the application seeking additional affiliation. However, the final orders in the matter shall be passed by the University only after the petitioner produced hard copy of the AICTE approval. Sd/- (ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE) aks/02/09 // True Copy // P.A. To Judge