IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 09-01-2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D.BHARATHA CHAKRAVARTHY Soosaiya Peter Educational Trust, Represented by its Chairman, Plot No.92, Second Street, Krishna Nagar, Virugambakkam, Madras – 600 092.

Educational Agency, Madha Engineering College, Madha Nagar, Somangalam Road, Kundrathur, Kanchipuram, Chennai – 600 069.

Petitioner Vs

1. University Grants Commission, 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 for the issuance of 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 inNo.F.2-10/2023(AC- Policy) dated 03.10.2025 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.

For Petitioner: Mr.D. Prabhu Mukunth Arunkuma