Validity of enhanced B Tech seats subjected to HC verdict

The Orissa High Court today directed BPUT and OJEE authorities to bring out advertisements mentioning that the validity of enhanced B Tech seats in government colleges of the state are subjected to the outcome of the court decision on the main writ petition.
A division bench,comprising Justices Indrajit Mahanti and D P Choudhury, said in an interim order that this court had passed a previous interim order on June 30, 2015 stating that the six government engineering colleges of the state have enhanced their B Tech seats for 2015-16 academic sessions, pending an approval from AICTE.
However, when it was informed that the colleges through OJEE are admitting the students against the unapproved enhanced seats, the Court observed that any action taken shall be subjected to the writ petition and this ought to be brought to the notice of the aspiring students.

Education department sources said the six government engineering colleges have enhanced their intake for B Tech courses this year by over 600 seats.
All these enhanced seats have not got AICTE approval, according to Odisha Private Engineering College Association (OPECA) which had challenged the validity of the enhanced seats in the High Court.