WP-6157.doc ASN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 6157 OF 2011 Jawahar Education Society's A.C. Patil College of Engineering. .. Petitioner Vs State of Maharashtra and ors. .. Respondents Mr. Sudhir S. Hardikar for the Petitioner. Mr.S.N.Patil, A.G.P. for Respondent State. Mr. Rui Rodrigues for AICTE and University of Mumbai. CORAM : MOHIT S. SHAH, C.J. & GIRISH GODBOLE, J. DATE : 4 AUGUST, 2011. P.C.: Petitioner is an existing Engineering College running engineering courses in various branches. Recently, the Petitioner College has been granted approval by AICTE for a new faculty in M.E. Computer Engineering with 18 seats. 2 For the reasons recorded in our order dated 18th July 2011 in Writ Petition No. 5455 of 2011, this petition is allowed and following directions will apply to the said course of M.E. Computer Engineering to be conducted by the petitioner for the academic year 2011-12 and admissions to which shall be granted in accordance with the guidelines 1 WP-6157.doc for merit based admissions issued by the Director of Technical Education. i) Written undertaking of the Chairman and Secretary of petitioner not to admit any student and accept fees till the college is granted affiliation by respondent University and till petitioner comply with Regulation 4.22 of AICTES shall be filed in this Court within one week from today and copy thereof shall be forwarded to all the respondents within one week from today. ii) State of Maharashtra shall accordingly issue appropriate Government Resolution notifying the petitioner-College as approved by AICTE in the list of such colleges for the academic year 2011-2012. iii) It is further directed that Petitioner-College shall not admit any student and accept the fees before getting the affiliation from respondent no. 4 University and before complying with Regulation No. 4.22 of AICTE (Grant of Approvals for Technical Institutions) Regulation, 2010. Undertakings as aforesaid shall be filed in this Court within one week and copies thereof shall be forwarded to all the respondents within one week. 2 WP-6157.doc iv) It is further directed that Director of Technical Education shall publish the information and also specifically mention that the application of the petitioner college for affiliation is pending with the concerned University and that no student shall be admitted by petitioner college without getting such affiliation and without following the guidelines issued by the Director of Technical Education. v) Advertisement of the petitioner college shall be issued notifying that admission shall be given on the basis of the guidelines issued by the DTE and no student shall be admitted without getting the affiliation from respondent No. 4 Mumbai University. vi) The petition is accordingly allowed in the aforesaid terms. vii) Respondents will be at liberty to move this Court for modification / clarification of this order, in case the need arises. Parties to act on a copy of this order duly authenticated by the registry of this Court. [ CHIEF JUSTICE ] [ GIRISH GODBOLE, J ] 3 WP-6157.doc 4