The petitioner is a Polytechnic College. It was founded by Sri Ramakrishna Mission, which is a registered society several decades ago. It is offering Diploma courses in Technical Education. It is affiliated to the 2nd respondent. Under G.O.Ms.841, Education Department, dated 07.05.1980 the 2nd respondent granted academic autonomous status to the petitioner Polytechnic College. Fulfilling all the conditions stipulated therein, the petitioner polytechnic college was all along functioning enjoying the full status of autonomy. While so, All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987 (in short , the AICTE Act") came into being. As per the said Act, the AICTE has issued guidelines on the scheme of autonomous polytechnic colleges and other Diploma level institutions throughout the country. The 2nd respondent by letter D.Dis.No.21930/H5/96, dated 10.05.1996 communicated the said guidelines to the petitioner indicating thereby, that the petitioner Polytechnic should follow the said guidelines scrupulously.

2. As per the guidelines, an autonomous polytechnic college will have freedom in respect of the following:

.(i) todetermine and prescribe its own courses of study and syl