Private engineering colleges suffered a setback on Tuesday with the Telangana high court dismissing a batch of petitions filed by them to increase seats in computer science course by more than 2,500 this year.
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A bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice CV Bhaskar Reddy also made it clear that engineering colleges in the state will have to mandatorily obtain permission from state government and Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, to introduce any new course or increase number of seats in the existing courses. The bench stated that private colleges must obtain a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the government.
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The bench also rejected the argument that the state government and JNTU cannot reverse the permission granted by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to private colleges to increase seats in the chosen courses. AICTE accords permission virtually without verifying the conditions at the ground level and, hence, such permission cannot be sustained, the bench said.
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The private colleges had challenged the validity of JNTU regulations insisting they obtain NOC from the state government. The bench said that the validity of the regulations were earlier upheld by both the high court and Supreme Court and, hence, a fresh challenge to the very same regulations cannot be sustained now.
If the state government and JNTU prescribe higher norms than those set by AICTE, then it cannot be found fault with and it also cannot be seen in conflict with the AICTE Act, the bench said.
The bench said the state government studies situation at ground level and comes to a conclusion whether there is any need to have more colleges or courses.
As the courses come with a responsibility for the state government to reimburse the fee for courses with increased numbers, the role of the state cannot be ignored, the bench said. An JNTU official said verdict would strengthen the hands of the university and the government to have planned growth of courses. Source: The Times of India
