1. Petitioner has invoked extra-ordinary equitable jurisdiction of this court, to challenge the order dated 26.10.2010 passed by the University grants commission.

2. The impugned order reads as under:

"This has reference to the proposal submitted by the Institution for conferment of Deemed to be University status under section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956. The University Grants Commission has published the UGC (Institutions Deemed to be Universities) Regulations, 2010 in the official gazette of India on 26th May, 2010. Article 23 of the UGC Regulations is reproduced as under:-

"Consideration of old proposals

All proposals (whether seeking declaration as an institution deemed to be university or seeking approval for establishing off-campus centres/off-shore campus(es) of inclusion of off-campus Centres in the ambit of the institution deemed to be university), which are either pending/in process in the commission or have been received by the Central Government, shall be governed by these Regulations.:

In view of the above, I am directed to inform you that UGC cannot consider your proposal for Deemed to be University status in the present form as it is not as per UGC (Instit