Annamalai University files petition against UGC for asking students to not take admission
India Today
UGC has released a notice lately asking students to avoid taking admission to Annamalai University. The latter moved to Madaras High Court to challenge it.
Annamalai University in Tamil Nadu moved to Madras High Court challenging the order of the University Grants Commission (UGC). A few days ago UGC released a notice advising students not to take admission to Annamalai University.
The institution is speaking against the order released during March 25 and 30, which states that Annamalai University should not admit any students to any programme, on the ground that it had not obtained recognition from the UGC from the 2014-15 academic year.
The writ petition prayed for a direction to the UGC to issue recognition of open and distance learning programmes for the current academic year 2022-23. The interim prayers are to stay the operation of the March 2022 notice and a direction to the UGC to permit the petitioner university to admit students under the open and distance learning programmes from 2022-23.
When the matter came up before Justice R Mahadevan on May 6, Additional Advocate-General, representing the University, pointed out that periodically this matter was being taken into consideration by this court by passing interim orders only and the students were being admitted.
He also submitted that any admission made was subject to the result of this writ petition.
And the judge recorded this and posted the matter for further hearing immediately after summer vacation.
