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// 9 // OP-2 has been accorded provisional recognition for the academic year 2007-2008 and no further approval has been accorded to it by DEC. It is further mentioned clearly that in case of technical / professional programmes such as B.SC. Hotel Management approval from apex bodies such as AICTE is necessary and also that the said body has not given its approval. It is mentioned in Annexure No.27 that AICTE has not given any approval to IASE Sardarshar to conduct technical programme on distance education mode. Further UGC vide Annexure 29 and 32 denied having permitted OP-2 to run distant study centers and has stated that it is recognized as deemed university and as such it is required to restrict its activities to Sardarshahar only.

11. On the basis of aforesaid material it may appear that the center at Bhilai is unauthorized. However, there are some more very important documents that go to the root of the matter and clarify the position. Minutes of third Meeting of the Joint Committee of UGC, AICTE and DEC held on 7th August 2007 have been placed on record of District Forum from pages 120-121. It clearly appears from the aforesaid document that IASE Deemed University was one of the institutions that had applied for ex-post facto approval and the Joint Committee accepted the recommendations of the committee appointed by DEC for examining the institutions that had applied for ex-post facto approval to DEC. It accepted the recommendations of granting // 10 // ex-post facto approval to all the four institutions, that had applied, upto 2007. Provisional recognition was granted for the current academic year i.e. 2007-08 and for coming years fresh applications by the institutes were required to be made.

14. In view of the observations made hereinabove it appears that the information given under Right to Information Act to the effect that Joint Committee of UGC, AICTE and DEC has not accorded approval to IASE Deemed University for offering programmes through distance mode, appears to have been given due to oversight.

15. It is now established that Post Facto recognition was granted to IASE Deemed University at Joint Meeting of UGC, AICTE and DEC on 7th August 2007. Provisional recognition for the academic session of 2007-08 was also granted. It is noted that the complainant had undergone the course between 2005 to 2008 and for that period // 12 // recognition, as mentioned earlier, was duly granted by the authorities concerned. Hence, it cannot be said that the study center at Bhilai was unauthorized.