Per Rajiv Sharma, Judge:

Since common questions of law and facts are involved in all these petitions, the same are taken up together for hearing and are being disposed of by a common order.

2. All India Council for Technical Education has prescribed norms for Polytechnic Institutions. According to these norms, staff structure of an institution will depend on factors which primarily include curriculum structure, work schedules (weekly semester and annually), student intake, disciplines offered, instructional methods and, media employed, student contact hours, group and class sizes and co-curricular and extra-curricular activities requiring staff time involvement and training, and development of staff themselves. The additional teaching and technical staff for new courses is to be provided as per following norms:-

Weekly Work Schedule

Teachers of polytechnics have to perform a variety of tasks which include formal instruction in class rooms, tutorial classes,

Total Institutions hours per week. 40 hrs.

Student contact hours to formal training 33-36 hrs.

Student centered activities (Library 08-10 hrs.

studies, guidance and counseling, seminars etc.)

Group and Class Size