Tech colleges to sue Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Several private engineering colleges are likely to approach the Hyderabad High Court on Wednesday against JNTU-Hyderabad for placing heavy sanctions on their intake for the 2015-16 academic year.

College managements are miffed with the varsity, claiming that it was following “unrealistic norms” and that they were denied affiliations for courses despite following AICTE strictures.

JNTU-H announced on Tuesday that about 76,635 seats in 220 private engineering colleges, under the varsity, would be available this academic year.

Only 25 engineering colleges, as against 174 last year, have been denied affiliation for all their courses. But many of these 220 colleges have been handed massive course cuts.

College managements say that while they themselves had approached JNTU-Hyderabad for reduction in intake, the varsity cut more than what was warranted.

“In some colleges, the fact finding committee rejected courses because two students were slotted to work on an experiment. In courses like mechanical and civil, the equipment is heavy and expensive. Nowhere are they given to individual students. It is farcical,” a private engineering college owner said, asking not to be named.

College managements are likely to approach the High Court on Wednesday against JTNU-Hyderabad’s sanctions. They said they were yet to get individual FFC reports.

Some colleges also alleged that managements close to the BJP and Congress were given affiliations liberally while those close to the TRS were heavily penalised.

This couldn’t be independently verified since the reports have not been released yet though, JNTU-Hyderabad sources denied liberal inspections for any engineering college.