P.R. Ramachandra Menon, J.

'Can the lapsed seats for Engineering Course in the Merit Quota' be filled up by the Educational Institution, by admitting students who are not qualified in the Entrance Test conducted by the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations is the moot question. Ext.P3 order passed by the second respondent/Admission Supervisory Committee (ASC in short) approving some of the admissions made by the petitioner Institution to the first year B.Tech course 2016-17 while disqualifying 46 students admitted under the "lapsed seats" in various Engineering Branches, in turn rejecting their candidature and directing the third respondent/Technological University not to register the rejected candidates, is under challenge at the instance of the Educational Institution. Ext.P6 order passed by the third respondent/University giving effect to Ext.P3, also directing the petitioner Institution to ensure that the disqualified candidates are not permitted to write the forthcoming S1-B.TEch examination is also under challenge.

2. The petitioner is running an Engineering College at Adoor and is a member of the Kerala Self Financing Engineering College Management Association (KSFE