The ultimate court docket requested the AICTE to document an affidavit explaining the put off in intimating the APJ Abdul Kalam Technical college about the recognition granted by way of it to 612institutions. (record picture)
NEW DELHI: The superb court on Tuesday slammed the All-India Council for Technical schooling (AICTE) for now not adhering to the agenda for granting recognition to establishments and not intimating this to the APJ Abdul Kalam Technical university in Uttar Pradesh, thereby endangering prospects of the students.
“We can be exemplarily ruthless in handling any flouting of our order,” an apex court vacation bench of Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Justice Amitava Roy said at some stage in the direction of the listening to, indicating that it may problem ‘contempt of courtroom‘ word at the involved officials.
“i’m inclined to difficulty the contempt of court (note) to the officials,” the bench stated.
“You (AICTE) don’t know how ruthless we can be if we understand you are hurting the destiny of the scholars of 608 establishments,” Justice Roy stated taking exception to AICTE leaving just eight days for the university to determine on the utility by using the institutions in search of its affiliation.
declaring that the court couldn’t be taken for a journey or held to “ransom” by projecting the reason of thepupil to cover their personal failures, Justice Roy said: “(Do you think) we are sitting here for not anything? I strongly sense approximately it.”
pointing out that the AICTE acted inside the count number casually and without adhering to the calendarfixed through the court in December 2012, the bench stated there was extreme laxity in following the time-frame.
The bench asked the AICTE to document an affidavit explaining the postpone in intimating the APJ Abdul Kalam Technical college approximately the recognition granted by using it to 612 establishments. of those, 608 are vintage and four are new.
based at the respond by using AICTE, that’s the regulator of technical training in the u . s . a ., the court docket could determine “fee and damages” to be imposed on it, the court docket stated. The court gave AICTE one week’s time to document the affidavit.
The apex court by using its December 13, 2012 order had set a schedule for furnish of recognition toinstitutions which AICTE did not adhered to.
The court docket had then said: “both furnish/refusal of approval and admission schedule will be strictly adhered to by means of all of the government involved which includes the AICTE, university, kingdomauthorities and every other authority without delay or circuitously connected with the supply of approval and admission” and “no individual or authority shall have the power or jurisdiction to vary the time table“.
inside the immediate case, the bench extended the time till June 10 for the university to decide at theapplications seeking affiliation. but, the courtroom said that it was a one-time exception, thinking aboutthe peculiarity of the case and ought to not be a dealt with as a precedent.
appearing for the APJ Abdul Kalam Technical college, Amitesh Kumar told the court that AICTE was to intimate the college about the recognition granted by it to 612 institutions by April 11 which it did 25 daysafterward may additionally 7 at 7.00 p.m.
He informed the courtroom which could 7 changed into a Saturday, thereby pointing out any comply with-up motion by way of the university for the processing of packages for the provide of association to these institutions started simplest on may additionally nine.
looking for an extension of time for the processing of the applications for the supply of association, Amitesh Kumar instructed the courtroom that rest of the admission method might be strictly in accordance with the time table fixed through the apex court by using its judgment of December 13, 2012.
