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7. On the other hand, learned Additional Solicitor General, Shri Mukul Rohtagi contended on behalf of the State of Kerala that the policy of the State of Kerala at the relevant time was not to grant approvals for establishment of more engineering colleges in the State. The Government had clarified in the counter-affidavit filed in the High Court that the Government was not in a position to take a decision to start new engineering colleges, without properly assessing the necessity of more engineering graduates from the State and without exploring the possibility of employment opportunities in the country as a whole. Also there were four engineering colleges at Kannur, Trichur, Kottayam and Thiruvananthapuram Districts and three private (aided) engineering colleges at Palakkad. Ernakulam (Kothamangalam) and Kollam Districts. Model Engineering College, Ernakulam was a self-financing engineering college and others were the colleges at Changannur and Pathansamthitta and there was a self-financing engineering college at Kasargode. There were also two unaided engineering colleges at Mallappuram and Thiruvananthapuram. Even though the appellant Trust was not seeking aid from the Government and even assuming that it was financially self-sufficient, it would not be in the interests of the students and employment, to permit new engineering colleges to be established. Thus the government policy was not to grant fresh approvals. If more approvals were granted, it might lead to commercialisation of education.