(1.) On consent, this writ petition is taken up for final hearing.
(2.) The writ petition is filed challenging the order of the first respondent/AICTE dated 01.04.2010 in File No. 730-52-382(E)/ET/99 and to quash the same with direction issued to the first respondent to grant extension of approval to the petitioner's college beyond the academic year 2009-2010.
(3.) The petitioner institution was established during 2008 with the approval granted by the first respondent/AICTE for the period 2008-2010 i.e. for the academic years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010. After getting the approval from the first respondent, the petitioner institution applied to the third respondent university for affiliation for the academic year 2008-2009 and the same was duly granted.