Judgment :-

Chelameswar, J.

1. A Society called GDR Educational Society claims to be running a number of colleges. It is claimed in the writ petition that the ‘first petitioner’ is one of such colleges and the second petitioner is a Secretary of the said Educational Society.

2. The All India Council for Technical Education (hereinafter referred to as “AICTE”) is a body constituted under Section 3 of the All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987 (hereinafter referred to as “1987 Act”). The AICTE was established for “proper planning and co-ordinated development of the technical education system throughout the country, the promotion of qualitative improvement of such education in relation to planned quantitative growth and the regulation and proper maintenance of norms and standards in the technical education system and for matters connected therewith”.

3. One of the functions of the AICTE under Section 10(k) [Section 10. Functions of the Council. It shall be the duty of the Council to take all such steps as it may think fit for ensuring coordinated and integrated development of technical education and maintenance of standards and for the purposes for performing its functions un