Hon’ble A.P. Sahi, J.—This petition prays for a mandamus directing the Gautambudh Technical University-Respondent No. 1 herein to include the name of the petitioner-institution amongst its affiliated institutions for admission of students desirous to pursue the courses in Architecture at the undergraduate level in accordance with the intake capacity approved and sanctioned by the All India Council for Technical Education for the year 2012-13. The said sanction of the intake capacity for the year in question dated 10th May, 2012 is Annexure-1-B to the writ petition. This claim of the petitioner-institution is based on the fact that the said intake capacity has been enhanced for the year 2012-13 to 60 seats from the previous years of sanction of 30 seats. The sanction of the year 2010-11 and 2011-10 have also been brought on record as Annexures 1 and 1-A respectively. The petitioner also claims to have been running the courses even prior to that since 1999 and the admissions have been conducted through an entrance examination held by the respondent Technical University.

2. It is stated in the petition that the Council of Architecture which is an autonomous body of the Governm