HC seeks explanation from AUT

Updated on: Friday, April 06, 2012

Madras High Court Bench here has sought an explanation, before April 11, from Anna University of Technology-Madurai, as to how affiliation was granted to a private engineering college at a “lightning speed” after the cut off date fixed by the state government.
 
Justice D.Hariparanthaman sought the explanation admitting a writ petition filed by the secretary of Nadar Saraswathi College of Engineering and Technology at Vadupudupatti in Theni district, seeking a direction to the Commissioner of Technical Education to approve the admission of 46 students in 2010-11.
 
The judge,who went through the records,found that the All India Council for Technical Education had granted approval for the petitioner institution on Oct 5,2010. After two days, it was granted affiliation for 2010-11.
 
Such affiliation had been granted despite an order passed by the Principal Secretary to Government-cum-Commissioner of Technical Education that the students should not be admitted after September 17, 2010. But, the college admitted the students and filed the present writ petition.
 
College secretary M. Amarnath submitted the college was established in 2009 and it started functioning from 2010-11. The present strength of the college was 46 students as against the sanctioned annual intake of 240 students.
  
The Commissioner of Technical Education recently refused to approve the list of students on the ground that they were admitted beyond the cut-off date,hence this petition.

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