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3. All the writ petitions comprising this batch are directed against the State of Telangana in not permitting the petitioners to open B.Tech courses in new emerging subjects such as artificial intelligence, block chain technology, robotics, data sciences, cyber security etc., on the ground that intake of more students in the new courses may have an adverse impact on government finances; additionally petitioners have also questioned the vires of Regulation Nos.3.4, 5.5, 5.6 and 6.1 of the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Affiliation Procedure and Regulations (with effect from 2020-21).

8. It is stated that petitioner institution has to comply with the requirements mandated by the All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987 (briefly, 'the AICTE Act' hereinafter) which is a central legislation.

9. In the year 2019, in order to keep pace with the emerging trends in engineering, AICTE along with National Institute of Technical Teachers Training Research decided to encourage inclusion of emerging subjects in the curriculum, such as, artificial intelligence, block chain technology, robotics, data sciences, cyber security, virtual reality etc.

13. In the writ affidavit, petitioners have furnished a statement indicating increase in intake in various courses for the academic year 2022-23 which is as under:

Sl. Course Intake for Increase in Total Intake No. A.Y 2021-22 Seat intake for the A.Y. for A.Y. 2022-23 (as 2022-23 (as per AICTE) per AICTE) 1 B.Tech CSE 300 120 seats 420 2 B.Tech CSE (Cyber 60 60 seats 120 Security) (Data Sciences) (Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning) Information Technology