JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus to call for records relating to the impugned order issued by the 1st respondent vide G.O.(Ms). No.126 Higher Education (E1) Department dated 30.04.2021, quash the same insofar as it restricts the status of the petitioner’s college as a Minority Educational Institutions to a limited period of five years from 2018-19.)

Considering the fact that the issue involved in the present case is squarely covered by the Division Bench Judgment of this Court in State of Tamil Nadu, represented by its Principal Secretary versus Syed Ammal Engineering College, reported in 2020 SCC Online Mad 13411, the main writ petition itself is taken up for final hearing.

2. The present writ petition challenges the impugned Government Order issued by the 1st respondent dated 30.04.2021 and for a consequential direction to the 1st respondent to issue a fresh Government Order by not restricting the status of the petitioner College as a minority institution for any particular period.

3. The case of the petitioner is that the institution had made an application before the respondents seeking for