National Power Training Institute vs. Union Of India

ITEM NO.33

COURT NO.1

SECTION IX

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s).14924/2017

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 13/04/2017 in PIL No.35/2017 passed by the High Court of Bombay at Nagpur)

NATIONAL POWER TRAINING INSTITUTE THROUGH ITS DIRECTOR GENERAL & ANR.

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

Respondent(s)

THE UNION OF INDIA & ORS

(With appln.(s) for exemption from filing $c/c$ of the impugned judgment and permission to file additional documents and interim relief)

Date : 08/05/2017 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KISHAN KAUL

<pre>For Petitioner(s) Mr.Maninder Singh, ASG</pre> Mr. Sudarshan Rajan, Adv. Mr.Amit Anand, Adv. Mr.Shriya Chauhan, Adv.

For Respondent(s)

Upon hearing the counsel the Court made the following ORDER

Mr.Maninder Singh, learned Additional Solicitor General has invited our attention to Section 108 (1) (j) of the Maharashtra Public Universities Act, 2016 (at page No.18, of the $\mathtt{SLP}$ paperbook), and Clause 3.7 of the AICTE Approval Process Handbook (at page No.20, of the SLP paperbook), to contend, that the provisions relied upon by the High Court, in the impugned order, relate to closure of the institution, and not to the dis-continuation of a course.

Issue notice.

In the meantime, operation of the impugned order shall main stayed.

(SATISH KUMAR YADAV) $AR-CUM-PS$

(RENUKA SADANA) ASSISTANT REGISTRAR