New Horizon College of Engineering v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ petition (Articles 226/227, EDN-RES) by New Horizon College of Engineering against Karnataka Higher Education endorsement ED 93 TEC 2025 dated 29.07.2025 refusing No Objection Certificate for increased intake and new courses despite AICTE approval dated 05.04.2025; refusal based on seat blocking case and Enforcement Directorate investigation; charge sheet did not name the college as accused; endorsement quashed; State directed to issue NOC and redo KEA seat matrix in next counseling round; VTU-affiliated autonomous college; coram D K Singh and Venkatesh Naik T; decided 01.08.2025.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition allowed; impugned endorsement dated 29.07.2025 (Annexure-A) quashed; State Government directed to issue the No Objection Certificate for increased intake and new courses as per AICTE order dated 05.04.2025 and to re-do the seat matrix including the increased intake and new courses in the next round of counseling.