*IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
% Date of decision: 29th May, 2014 + W.P.(C) No.3244/2014
MEENAKSHI COLLEGE OF PHARMACY & RESEARCH
CENTRE ..... Appellant Through: Mr. Sanjay Sharawat, Adv.
Versus
ALL INDIA COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL
EDUCATION ..... Respondent Through: Mr. L.N. Rao, Sr. Adv. with Mr.
Amitesh Kumar, Adv.
CORAM :-
HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV SAHAI ENDLAW
RAJIV SAHAI ENDLAW, J
1. This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeks, i) quashing of Regulations 4&5 of the All India Council for Technical Education (Grant of Approvals for the Technical Institutions) Regulations, 2012 as ultra vires Sections 10 & 11 of the All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987 (AICTE), as well as Articles 14 and 19 of the Constitution of India; ii) quashing of order dated 30.04.2014 of the respondent AICTE; iii) a writ of mandamus directing the respondent AICTE to grant approval to the petitioner for conducting Diploma in Pharmacy with W.P.(C) No.3244/2014 Page 1 of 29 intake of 180 seats from the academic year 2014-15; and, iv) alternatively a direction commanding the respondent AICTE to re-inspect the college of the petitioner to verify whether the deficiencies found by the Expert Committee have been rectified and to thereafter process th