RAKESH TIWARI, J. - (1.) HEARD counsel for the parties and persued the record. The petitioners have filed this writ petition for issuance of a direction to the respondent -university to issue a degree of B. Tech. to them.
(2.) THE Priyadarshini College of Computer Science, NOIDA (hereinafter referred to as the College) was established in the year 1990. By order dated 17.6.1995 All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) granted ex -post facto approval to the College w.e.f. Session 1991 -92. The College also applied for affiliation to the M.J.P. Rohilkhand University vide application dated 6.9.1996 under Section 37 read with Section 49 of the U.P. State University Act, 1973. Ultimately the Chancellor/Governor, U.P. vide order dated 26.7.1997 granted ex -post facto affiliation to the College w.e.f. 1.7.1991. As the order dated 26.7.1997 granted recognition with retrospective effect, the University was faced with a problem as what procedure be adopted for grant of B.Tech degree with retrospective effect for the past academic years 1991 -02 to 1996 -97 i.e. prior to affiliation of the College with the University.
(3.) A High Power Committee was constituted consisting of Prof. S.K. Srivastava, Head of Department Electronics and Engineering, Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University; Prof. Moinuddin, Head -of Department Electrical Engineering Zamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi; and Dr. S. Verma, Head of Department. Computer Science and Engineering and Institute of Technology, M.J.P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly for framing guide -lines for this purpose.;