Kochi, October 31, 2013: The Delhi High Court (HC) on Wednesday cancelled the common management admission test (C-MAT), administered by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), citing that that it has no authority to regulate MBA courses. A division bench of the HC, led by Chief Justice NV Ramana, said AICTE did not have the authority to regulate MBA courses as it don't fall under technical education as defined in the AICTE Act. The Federation of Association of Management of Unaided Professional Educational Institutions of India, the petitioners, had appealed to the division bench against the order of a single-judge bench that questioned the powers of the AICTE to conduct the entrance test. The High Court in its order has relied on the
Supreme Court order of April 25 in which the apex court ruled the AICTE did not have the authority to control or regulate professional colleges which are affiliated to universities. "...it is clear from the above said findings of the Supreme Court that the AICTE has no role to play either in the admission process or in subsequent monitoring of the said course..." the high court said. In the Supreme Court order issued in April, judges B S Chauhan and V Gopala Gowda ruled that though MCA was a technical course, the AICTE couldn't lay down the standards. The court order had said, "An MBA course is not a technical course within the definition of the AICTE Act", and "an approval from the AICTE is not required for obtaining permission and running an MBA course by the appellant colleges." The judges said the role of AICTE is advisory, which means it can prescribe uniform standards of education for affiliated members of a university by sending a note to the University Grants Commission. The ministry of human resource development was considering to bring in an ordinance to restore AICTE's powers, but no progress has been made on this front.
Supreme Court order of April 25 in which the apex court ruled the AICTE did not have the authority to control or regulate professional colleges which are affiliated to universities. "...it is clear from the above said findings of the Supreme Court that the AICTE has no role to play either in the admission process or in subsequent monitoring of the said course..." the high court said. In the Supreme Court order issued in April, judges B S Chauhan and V Gopala Gowda ruled that though MCA was a technical course, the AICTE couldn't lay down the standards. The court order had said, "An MBA course is not a technical course within the definition of the AICTE Act", and "an approval from the AICTE is not required for obtaining permission and running an MBA course by the appellant colleges." The judges said the role of AICTE is advisory, which means it can prescribe uniform standards of education for affiliated members of a university by sending a note to the University Grants Commission. The ministry of human resource development was considering to bring in an ordinance to restore AICTE's powers, but no progress has been made on this front.
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