1. M/s. Dhaya College of Engineering, Madurai District, has filed a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records relating to the order of the Registrar, Anna University, Chennai, by which, the University has informed the Principal of the college that the University is not in a position to grant affiliation to the college for the academic year 2013-14.

2. For better appreciation of the reasons stated by the University for not granting affiliation, this court deems it fit to extract the Letter No.CA1/057/2013 dated 20.05.2013.

Sub : Affiliation for the academic year 2013-14 - status informed - reg.

Ref : 1.Your application for affiliation for the academic year 2013-14 dated 05.03.2013.

2. This office letter No.CAI/057/2013-14 dated 09.05.2013.

3. Your letter dated 13.05.2013.

With reference to your application first cited in the reference submitted for affiliation for the academic year 2013-14, you were informed about the visit of the inspection committee to your college on 13.05.2013 through this office letter second cited, so as to verify the fulfillment of the requirements as per the statutory affiliation norms and standards of the University to consider the grant of provisional affiliation for the academic year 2013-14. As informed, the Inspection Committee was sent to your college on 13.05.2013 without prejudice to the contentions of the University in the pending writ appeal against the order of Justice K.Vinod Sharma dated 21.09.2012.

However, the Inspection Committee could not inspect your college, as your gate was closed and you did not extend your co-operation to the Inspection committee. The Inspection Committee has reported that your college has not been functioning in the recent past from the mere look of the college from outside.

Hence, it is informed that the University is not in a position to grant affiliation to your college for the academic year 2013-14.

3. Inviting the attention of this court to the schedule of events for Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions 2013, Mr.Wilson, Learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner college advanced arguments. Mr.Chellapandian, learned Additional Advocate General, State of Tamil Nadu, made a detailed reply. Considering the chequered history of the college and the schedule stated supra, this court deems it fit to dispose of the writ petition.

4. Tracing the chequered history of this case, eversince AICTE, New Delhi, has granted approval for the engineering college, for the academic year 2011-12, vide proceedings dated 18.08.2011 and the rectification of the defects noticed by the inspection committee on 22.07.2011 namely, 1)non availability of 175 books, 2)request to shift the cafeteria from inside the building to outside the building and 3)provision for transportation to the students and inviting the attention of this court to the specific directions issued by the Hon'ble Bench of this court in W.A(MD)No.740/2011 dated 09/10.08.2011, decision in W.P(MD) No. 9667/2011 dated 21.10.2011, confirmed on appeal in W.A(MD) No. 1517/2011 dated 20.12.2011, which was confirmed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) Nos.17760 and 17761/2012, Mr.P.Wilson, Learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner college submitted that though the Hon'ble Division Bench of this court, on more than one occasions has made a categorical pronouncement and reaffirmed its decision, that Anna University cannot go beyond the directions of the Division Bench, in making any fresh inspection, under the guise of verifying the requirements of norms and standards of the University, to consider the issue of grant of affiliation, for the college, actuated by malice and bent upon to deny affiliation, the University has once again, rejected the request for affiliation to the college, for the academic year 2013-14, on the grounds that the Inspection Committee, could not inspect the college, as the gate was closed and due to non cooperation to the Committee. He fu