T. CH. SURYA RAO, J.

( 1 ) THE petitioner seeks a Writ of mandamus declaring the Andhra Pradesh state Council of Higher Education Act, 1988 and University Grants Commission instructions, under which the said Act purported to have been passed, as illegal, invalid, void, and ultra vires of the constitution of India.

( 2 ) A resume of the events that led to the passing of the impugned Act is expedient to be set forth for an effective adjudication of the matter hereunder thus:the Central Government evolved a national Education Policy, 1986. The policy, inter alia, recommended that a State Level planning for Co-ordination of the Higher education should be done through Councils of Higher Education. The University Grants commission ( the UGC for brevity) and these Councils would develop co-ordinative methods to keep a watch on the standards of higher education. Since there was no effective machinery for planning and coordination of Higher Education at the State level and the co-ordination of State level programme with those of the UGC, in order to fill up that gap, it was proposed to set up state Councils of Higher Education as statutory bodies.

( 3 ) PURSUANT to the said policy, the UGC

Click Here to Read the rest of this document