IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.SIRI JAGAN TUESDAY, THE 25TH MAY 2010 / 4TH JYAISHTA 1932 WP(C).No. 15857 of 2010(F) ---------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ----------------------- KERALA CHRISTIAN PROFESSIONAL COLLEGE, MANAGEMENTS FEDERATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, RAJAGIRI VALLEY PO, COCHIN-682 039. BY SRI.KURIAN GEORGE KANNANTHANAM, SENIOR ADVOCATE, ADV. SRI.TONY GEORGE KANNANTHANAM, SRI.JIJI THOMAS. RESPONDENT(S): -------------------------- 1. FEE REGULATORY COMMITTEE FOR PROFESSIONAL COLLEGES, REPRESENTED BY ITS MEMBER SECRETARY, RAM MOHAN PALCE, COCHIN-31. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, TRIVANDRUM. R2 BY GOVT. PLEADER MR.P.N. SANTHOSH. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 25/05/2010,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: rs. S. SIRI JAGAN, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W.P.(C)No. 15857 of 2010 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 25th day of May, 2010 J U D G M E N T The petitioner is an association of managements of professional colleges in Kerala. They are aggrieved by Ext.P6 press release of the 1st respondent Fee Regulatory Committee for Professional Colleges, whereby the committee is stated to have taken a decision that, for this academic year, provisionally, the fees prescribed by the Committee for last year shall continue and that the same would be subject to the decision of the committee after completing discussion with the managements regarding the fee structure for professional colleges. The petitioner would contend that fees determined by the Committee for the earlier year has been found to be invalid by Ext.P1 judgment and by Ext.P1 judgment the Committee has been directed to reconsider the question, which the committee has not so far done. Petitioner therefore seeks the following reliefs : (i) To issue a writ of certiorari or other appropriate order or direction to quash Ext.P6 and the decision of the 1st respondent based on which Ext.P6 was issued; (ii) To declare that the decision of the 1st respondent committee fixing the fee as evidenced by Ext.P6 is illegal and without jurisdiction. (iii) To finalize the fee structure of the Colleges represented by the petitioner in accordance with the principles laid down by this Hon'ble Court in 2007 (1) KLT 409 and 2007 (4) KLT 530. W.P.(C)No. 15857 of 2010 -2- 2. I am not inclined to interfere with the decision stated to have been taken as evidenced by Ext.P6, in so far as it is only a provisional decision which has been expressly made subject to the final orders to be passed by the Committee in respect of the fee structure after completion of the discussion with the managements. There is nothing wrong in completing admissions as done in the last year by the colleges as directed in Ext.P6. However I am of opinion that the Committee should take a final decision pursuant to Ext.P1 judgment as well as in respect of the present year's fees structure expeditiously. I direct the Committee to do this as expeditiously as possible at any rate within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. I am inclined to pass the above order since the petitioner submits that all materials, in support of the petitioner's claim has been placed before the Committee as early as in January, 2010. The counsel for the petitioner submits that a shorter period of one month may be stipulated. In view of the fact that it would take considerable time to complete the proceedings, I am not inclined to reduce the time fixed as above. The writ petition is disposed of as above. S. SIRI JAGAN JUDGE shg/