JUDGMENT

Meenakshi I. Mehta, J. - By way of the instant petition, the petitioner seeks the indulgence of this Court for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari quashing the letter dated 26.06.2020 issued by respondent No.3 qua non-recommendation of its (petitioner-College's) name for affiliation and admission in Diploma in Pharmacy Course for Session 2020-21 as well as the letter dated 13.08.2020 issued by the said respondent denying reconsideration of its earlier decision, i.e the said letter dated 26.06.2020. A further prayer for staying the operation of both the above-said impugned letters and for permitting the petitioner-College to admit 60 students in the said Course has also been made.

2. Bereft of unnecessary details, the averments as set-forth by the petitioner in this petition, are that it is an unaided self-financed Pharmacy College and has been set up by Bhagwati Professional Educational Society. The said Society had, initially, applied to respondent No.2-All India Council of Technical Education (for short 'AICTE'), in accordance with Regulation 1.2 of All India Council for Technical Education (Grant of Approvals for Technical Institutions) Regulations, 2018 (for s