JUDGMENT :

1. Malabar College of Advanced Studies, Vengara, has approached this Court being aggrieved by the refusal of the State to accord sanction to the Institution to conduct Post Graduate courses for M.Com and M.A. (English) with an intake of 15 each despite being recommended by the University of Calicut to conduct the said programme.

2. A sketch of the facts leading to the filing of this Writ Petition are as under:

(a) The petitioner herein, is an aided Arts and Science College affiliated to the University of Calicut, the 2nd respondent herein. The College is established and run by the Malabar Educational and Charitable Trust. The institution commenced its functioning in the year 2013 and presently offers 9 undergraduate programmes. Some of the programmes are aided and some are unaided. It is contended that about 1068 students are studying in the institution out of which, 75% are women students.

(b) The College is situated in a rural area. The predominantly women students, who completed their graduation, find it extremely difficult to pursue post-graduate courses as institutions conducting such courses are few and far off. Based on requests from the students and parents, the inst