SAKTHI CHARITABLE TRUST Vs. MEMBER SECRETARY

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner is an educational trust running Sreee Sakthi Engineering College from the year 2010 at Bilichi Village, Bettathapuram Pudur, Karamadai, after obtaining appropriate approvals from the authorities and also affiliation from the Anna University. The All India Council for Technical Education (in short, "AICTE")/the respondents 1 to 3 also granted continuous affiliation year after year from 2010 till date.

(2.) It is stated that the petitioner Trust had obtained appropriate approval from the competent authorities to run the college, including the building approval from the President, Bilichi Village Panchayat by the proceedings dtd. 20/11/2006.

(3.) In so far as the approval granted by the President of the Bilichi Village Panchayat is concerned, where the college is functioning, the petitioner had applied to the Directorate of Town and Country Planning (DTCP) for exemption as per G.O.Ms. No. 111, Housing and Urban Development [UD4(3)] Department, dtd. 22/6/2017 and also remitted a sum of Rs.2,67,450.00 and the same is pending.