The AICTE regulations and previous court orders establish the equivalence of B.E. Mechatronics and B.E. Mechanical Engineering.

JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records relating to the final key answer issued by the respondent vide proceedings Nil and dated nil (Published in the internet) and quash the same as illegal in so far as it relates to question Nos.13, 16, 18, 28 and 24 are concerned and consequently direct the respondent to award 6 more marks in respect of the above referred questions to the petitioner in his roll No. 14E02050023 in the examination dated 22.10.2016 as per the notification of the Direct Recruitment of Assistant Professor in Government Engineering Colleges 2013-2014 & 2014-2015 for the post of Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineer.

Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Declaration, declaring the G.O.Ms.No.217, Higher Education (J1) Department, dated 24.07.2015, declaring the degree of B.E. Mechatronics Engineering awarded by Anna University as not equivalent to B.E.Mechanical Engineering as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents 1 and 2 to declare the said two degrees as equivalent, accordingly direct the respondents to select and appoint the petitioner as Assistant Professor in the subject of Mechanical Engineering, if petitioner is otherwise eligible pursuant to the notification of the fourth respondent for direct recruitment of Assistant Professors in Government Engineering Colleges 2013-2014 & 2014-2015 in vide Advertisement No.3/2014, dated 16.07.2014.)

Common Order

1. W.P.(MD).No.871 of 2017 has been filed for a writ of Declaration to declare the G.O.Ms.No.217, Higher Education (J1) Department, dated 24.07.2015, declaring the degree of B.E. Mechatronics Engineering awarded by Anna University as not equivalent to B.E. Mechanical Engineering as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents 1 and 2 to declare the said two degrees as equivalent, accordingly direct the respondents to select and appoint the petitioner as Assistant Professor in the subject of Mechanical Engineering, if petitioner is otherwise eligible pursuant to the notification of the fourth respondent for direct recruitment of Assistant Professors in Government Engineering Colleges 2013-2014 & 2014-2015 in vide Advertisement No.3/2014, dated 16.07.2014.

2. W.P.(MD).No.845 of 2017 has been filed for a writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records relating to the final key answer issued by the respondent vide proceedings Nil and dated nil (Published in the internet) and quash the same as illegal in so far as it relates to question Nos.13, 16, 18, 28 and 24 are concerned and consequently direct the respondent to award 6 more marks in respect of the above referred questions to the petitioner in his roll No.14E02050023 in the examination dated 22.10.2016 as per the notification of the Direct Recruitment of Assistant Professor in Government Engineering Colleges 2013-2014 & 2014-2015 for the post of Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineer.

3. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioners have acquired the qualifications of SSLC, HSC, B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. The petitioners has experienced as JAVA Programmer from 21.09.2012 to 31.07.2013. The petitioners have achieved in sports and games. The petitioners applied for the post of Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering for the academic year 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 on 31.08.2016. The petitioners attended the examination held on 22.10.2016. However, the petitioners' name was not considered in the next stage of recruitment process. On enquiry, the petitioners came to know that B.E. Mechatronics is not equivalent to the B.E. Mechanical and therefore, the petitioners' name was not considered.

4. The contention of the petitioners is that the said two degrees cannot be said to b