BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 02.12.2025 CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.VIJAYAKUMAR Sri Muthumari Charitable & Educational Trust Represented by its Managing Trustee, No.72, College Road, Near V.K.N. Building, Karaikudi – 630 001, Educational Agency, Sree Raaja Raajan College of Engineering & Technology, Amaravathipudur (Post), Karaikudi – 630 301. ...Petitioner Vs

1. University Grants Commissioner, Represented by its Secretary Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi – 110 002.

2. The Registrar, Anna University, Sardar Patel Road, Chennai – 600 025. ... Respondents PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying this Court to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the second respondent University to notify the autonomous status granted to the petitioner college by the first respondent University Grants Commission vide order in No.F.2-10/2023 (AC-Policy) dated 19.08.2025 for a period of five years from 2025 – 2026 to 2029-2030, as per Clause 4.2 of University Grants Commission (Conferment of Autonomous Status upon Colleges and Measures for maintenance of standards in autonomous colleges) Regulation

2023 forthwith.

(Prayer is amended