ORDER :

1. The question which this Court has considered from time to time is the validity of engineering degrees granted by the JRN Rajasthan Vidyapith. On 04.08.2015, this Court issued notice to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to ascertain whether approvals granted by Distance Education Council needed to be reviewed.

2. On 12.04.2017, this Court noted that counsel for the JRN Rajasthan Vidyapith University was not able to show any approval from competent authority for grant of the degree of engineering.

3. Our attention was drawn to letter dated 03.12.2007 addressed to UGC seeking ex post facto approval annexing a list of 295 courses run by the JRN Rajasthan Vidyapeet University under Distance Education system.

4. From the record, it is not clear what type of expertise the said University has, for granting degrees for such large number of courses by distance education mode. It is also not clear as to what is the methodology followed for monitoring the standard of education imparted by its centres on the basis of which such professional degrees are granted. It is also not clear what type of infrastructure is available with the said University.

5. From the material