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HARISANKAR V. MENON
Principal, S. H. College, Thevara, Cochin-682013 – Appellant
Versus
Mahatma Gandhi University, Represented By Its Registrar – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
HARISANKAR V. MENON, J.
These connected writ petitions are filed by the Principals of Aided Colleges affiliated with the 1st respondent University which have been granted Academic Autonomy by the University Grants Commission (UGC) as well as the University, challenging the insistence by the 1st respondent University to remit an amount of Rs.10 lakhs each as a condition for issue of the degree certificates as against various courses conducted by the Colleges upon conferment of autonomy as above.
2. The short facts as culled out from W.P.(C) No.29493 of 2017 are as under:
The petitioner is stated to be the Principal of S.H. College, Thevara, which was started in 1944. The College was granted autonomous status by UGC pursuant to Ext.P1 communication addressed to the Registrar, Mahatma Gandhi University dated 19.06.2014. In tune with Ext.P1, the University also issued Ext.P2 order dated 23.07.2014, permitting the petitioner as well as three other Colleges to start the admission process in tune with the autonomy granted. The petitioner, on the basis of the autonomy so obtained, started various courses from the academic year 2014-2015 onwards, and the academic council of the Co
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