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R. SURESH KUMAR
Shree Venkateshwara Educational & Charitable Trust, Represented by its Chairman, P. Venkatachalam, Erode – Appellant
Versus
University Grants commission, Represented by its Secretary, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi – Respondent
JUDGMENT
(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for Writ of certiorarified mandamus, to call for the records relating to the impugned order passed by the 2nd respondent in Letter No.4343/AU/CA/CAC/Autonomous/2022 dated 07.09.2022 received on 12.09.2022 quash the same and consequently direct the 1st respondent University Grants Commission to pass order on the application of the petitioner college for grant of Fresh Autonomous Status for the academic year 2022-2023 dated 26.05.2022 independently within the time limit fixed by this Court.)
1. The prayer sought for herein is for a writ of certiorarified mandamus to quash the impugned order passed by the 2nd respondent in Letter No.4343/AU/CA/CAC/Autonomous/2022 dated 07.09.2022 received on 12.09.2022 and consequently direct the 1st respondent University Grants Commission to pass order on the application of the petitioner college for grant of Fresh Autonomous Status for the academic year 2022-2023 dated 26.05.2022 independently within the time limit fixed by this Court.
2. The petitioner Management submitted an application to the respondent University as well as the University Grants Commission (in shor
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the guidelines prescribed by the University do not have statutory force and cannot be the sole criterion for rejecting the plea of the petitio....
: Affiliation of University once the application is rejected by the affiliating University, it cannot be decided subsequently either independently or otherwise by the UGC, then the power conferred on....
The court affirmed that under UGC Regulations, an institution can obtain autonomy with NAAC accreditation, and universities must comply with UGC directives regarding such status.
Universities must issue notifications for autonomy within 30 days per UGC regulations; failure to comply leads to deemed approval for autonomous status.
The Parent University must adhere to UGC Regulations for granting Autonomous Status, with failure to act within specified time leading to a presumption of no objection.
The main legal point established is that the first respondent should consider the petitioner's application for autonomous status independently and uninfluenced by the letter of rejection by the secon....
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