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“27. The provisions of the State Act enumerated above show that if it is made applicable to the technical institutions, it will overlap and will be in conflict with the provisions of the Central Act in various areas and, in particular, in the matter of allocation and disbursal   of   grants,   formulation   of   schemes   for   initial   and   in­ service training of teachers and continuing education of teachers, laying   down   norms   and   standards   for   courses,   physical   and institutional   facilities,   staff   pattern,   staff   qualifications,   quality instruction   assessment   and   examinations,   fixing   norms   and guidelines for charging tuition and other fees, granting approval for starting new technical institutions and for introduction of new courses   or   programmes,   taking   steps   to   prevent commercialisation of technical education, inspection of technical institutions,   withholding   or   discontinuing   grants   in   respect   of courses   and   taking   such   other   steps   as   may   be   necessary   for ensuring   the   compliance   of   the   directions   of   the   Council, declaring technical institutions at various levels and types fit to receive grants, the Constitution of the Council and its executive Committee   and   the   Regional   Committees   to   carry   out   the functions under the Central Act, the compliance by the Council of the directions issued by the Central Government on questions of policy etc. which matters are covered by the Central Act. What is further,   the   primary   object   of   the   Central   Act,   as   discussed earlier, is to provide for the establishment of an All India Council for Technical Education with a view, among others, to plan and coordinate   the   development   of   technical   education   system throughout   the   country   and   to   promote   the   qualitative improvement   of   such   education   and   to   regulate   and   properly maintain   the   norms   and   standards   in   the   technical   education system which is a subject within the exclusive legislative field of the Central Government as is clear from Entry 66 of the Union List in the Seventh Schedule. All the other provisions of the Act have been made in furtherance of the said objectives. They can also be deemed to have been enacted under Entry 25 of List III. This being so the provisions of the State Act which impinge upon the   provisions   of   the   Central   Act   are   void   and,   therefore, unenforceable. It is for these reasons that the appointment of the High­Power  Committee  by  the  State Government  to  inspect  the respondent­Trust was void as has been rightly held by the High Court.” The Court has observed that the State Act which impinges upon the provisions of the Central Act has to be held to be void.  In the case, the   issue   was   of   derecognition.     The   power   of   the   recognition   of institution is squarely reserved under the Central Act i.e., AICTE Act.