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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
SUREPALLI NANDA
Princeton College of Pharmacy – Appellant
Versus
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University – Respondent
ORDER :
1. Heard Sri K. Pradeep Reddy, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, Sri Prabhakar Peri, learned Standing Counsel for Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), appearing on behalf of respondent No.1, Sri M.P. Kashyap, learned Standing Counsel for the University Grants Commission, appearing on behalf of respondent No.2, learned Government Pleader for Higher Education, appearing on behalf of respondent No.3, Sri Malipeddi Srinivas Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for Osmania University, appearing on behalf of respondent No.4 and Sri A.P. Suresh Rao, learned Standing Counsel for TG EAPCETB, appearing on behalf of respondent No.5.
2. The petitioner approached the Court seeking prayer as under:
“……to issue a Writ, Order or direction, particularly one in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondent No.1 University in not issuing the notification as required under the University Grants Commission Conferment of Autonomous Status upon Colleges and Measures for Maintenance of Standards in Autonomous Colleges Regulations 2023 and not permitting the Petitioner Institution to operate as an autonomous institution from the Academic Year 2025
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 court affirmed that under UGC Regulations, an institution can obtain autonomy with NAAC accreditation, and universities must comply with UGC directives regarding such status.
: 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 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....
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