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28. It is also the submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner that under the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, nowhere it is stated that verification of the land or land conversion certificate is required for the purpose of construction of a college. Moreover, the petitioner has constructed the college only on patta land. The building has been approved by the Regional Deputy Director, the competent authority for land conversion as well as building planning authority. He has also submitted that the said authority having satisfied himself with the requirement, has granted approval for construction of the building and that developmental charges have also been paid. In the abovesaid circumstances, he submitted that the District Collector has no power or authority to send a report that approval by the Director of Town and Country Planning, Chennai, is required.

66. Referring to statute No.22 of the Anna University, learned counsel representing the University further submitted that the inspection committee for affiliation, shall be constituted by the Registrar from out of the panel of experts approved by the Vice Chancellor of the University from time to time for considering the grant of affiliation. He also submitted that the inspection committee shall visit the college and verify the correctness of the particulars furnished by the college in the application and also verify whether all the affiliation conditions laid down by the University are satisfied. He further submitted that in the application form submitted by the petitioner's college to the University for affiliation, the college has stated that the following certificates viz., (1)Land use certificate from an appropriate authority (RDO) and Land conversion certificate from the Directorate of Town & Country Planning. (2)Certificate under Section 37(B) of the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Land fixation and Ceiling) Act, 1961, and (3)Certificate from PWD Superintendent Engineer for the structural stability of the building, were available and that the declaration of the petitioner's college is misleading and an attempt to obtain affiliation by submitting incorrect particulars. According to the learned counsel representing the University, when AICTE has the power to withdraw approval, in case of any violation of norms and conditions for grant of approval, misrepresentation of facts, submission of incorrect particulars, the University in the light of the Full Bench decision in Rukmani's case (cited supra) has powers to verify the same. According to the learned counsel, the petitioner's college has not extended its cooperation in submitting relevant particulars, though the college had categorically stated that they are in possession of the abovesaid documents.

69. He also submitted that as per the AICTE regulations, for getting approval, Land Conversion Certificate from the competent authority pertaining to the land to be used for educational purposes, to establish a college should be produced and according to him, the competent authority to issue the said certificate is the Directorate of Town and Country Planning, Chennai. He also submitted that on this ground alone, in this year, AICTE has not approved for 50 colleges, but some how, the petitioner's college has obtained approval, to establish an Engineering College, with a Land Conversion Certificate obtained from a Village Administrative Officer, who is not the competent authority to issue the said certificate. According to the learned counsel, in the application form submitted to the University for affiliation, it is the specific case that the abovesaid documents were available with them, but quite contrary to the declaration, in the supporting affidavit to the writ petition, the college has contended, that the documents are not at all required for the purpose of considering the grant of affiliation. He therefore submitted that from the above conduct, the intention of the petitioner to some how obtain affiliation from the University is evident.

123. As regards the contentions that the petitioner-College alone has obtained sanction from the Regional Deputy Director, Town and Country Planning and that the College is situated in a non-planning area and it does not require a land conversion certificate, there is no specific reply in the counter affidavit. In the absence of any specific rule or regulation or statute, the University has merely stated that the District Collector is the only competent authority to issue the Land Conversion Certificate.