JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, to direct the 1st and 2nd respondent to pass orders for granting affiliation in favour of the petitioner college in respect of Degree courses as per the affiliation demand statement (2021-2022) issued by the 1st respondent Anna University uploaded on 27.8.2021 and include the name of the petitioner college in the Online counseling conducted by the 3rd and 4th respondents for the academic year 2021-2022 based on the representation already submitted by the petitioner college dated 18.8.2021 and 27.8.2021.)

1. This writ petition has been filed for the issue of a writ of mandamus directing the Anna University to pass appropriate orders and grant affiliation to the petitioner College with respect to Degree Courses for the academic year 2021-2022 and for a consequential direction to include the name of the petitioner College in the counseling conducted by the third and fourth respondents.

2. The case of the petitioner is that they have the approval from All India Council for Technical Education [AICTE] for nine courses and the Anna University had also granted pr