In an interim order, the Telangana High Court on Wednesday directed the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to include Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology in Hyderabad, run by the Sultan-Ul-Uloom Educational Society, in the TGEAPCET counselling for 2025-26 for all courses.
A bench of Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Renuka Yara also clarified that “any such admission will remain subject to final outcome of the writ appeals and will not create any right or equity”.
The division bench was hearing an interlocutory application filed by the college asking permission to conduct the counselling for TGEAPCET (the Telangana State Engineering, Agriculture, and Medical Common Entrance Test, also known as TSEAMCET), as per the June 27 notification, for all courses it offers.
In a previous interim order issued on May 1, the court had stayed the “no admission” and “withdrawal of approval” clauses imposed on the college by the AICTE. However, there was no specific order directing the college to be included in the counselling process.
The senior counsel appearing for the college pointed out that it has been operating since 1980, benefiting approximately 1,500 students annually. Since the AICTE website showed the college’s status as “no admission” and “withdrawal of approval”, the institution was unable to admit students, hampering not only its future but also the interests of students, the counsel further argued.
The college also argued that the AICTE’s denial of approval, primarily based on alleged deficiencies in title documents, building plans, and occupancy certificates, was unwarranted.
However, the AICTE’s counsel expressed concern that if counselling facilities were provisionally extended to the college and it eventually failed to succeed in the appeal, students who gained admission through the process might claim equity, potentially jeopardising their academic future.
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But the bench said, “At this stage, there is no occasion for us to go beyond or behind the bi-party interim order passed on 01.05.2025. The present interim relief is only as a consequence of the said interim order granted by this Court.”
The main petition regarding the college’s AICTE approval is now listed for a final hearing on July 23.
