JUDGMENT :

Prayer in W.A. No. 606 of 2015: Writ Appeal filed under Clause 15 of the Letter Patent to set aside the order passed in W.P. No. 30039 of 2012 dated 12.03.2013.

1. W.A. No. 606 of 2015 is an appeal by the University Grants Commission challenging the order of the writ Court in W.P. No. 30039 of 2012 dated 12.03.2013.

2. The said writ petition was filed by Annamalai University, the 1st respondent in the writ appeal challenging the order of the University Grants Commission dated 21.08.2012, in so far as it relates to the condition under clause B(8) of the said order as illegal, irrational and without jurisdiction.

3. Under the said communication dated 21.08.2012, while recognising the distance education programmes offered by Annamalai University, the University Grants Commission had imposed a condition to the effect that the territorial jurisdiction for offering programmes through distance mode will be as per the decision of the Council taken in its 40th Distance Education Council (DEC) meeting. The said decision was to the effect that the territorial jurisdiction of the State Universities (both the Government funded and private) will be as per their Acts and Statutes, but not