CUTTACK: The division bench of the Orissa High Court comprising Chief Justice V Gopalagowda and Justice BN Mohapatra on Tuesday concluded hearing on the writ petition filed by Orissa Private Engineering Colleges’ Association (OPECA) and other students challenging the single bench judgment on AICTE regulation regarding minimum qualifying marks for appearing in counselling for admissions into engineering colleges in the State. It, however, has reserved its judgment.The single judge bench of Justice SC Parija had observed that there was no reason to interfere with the decision of AICTE fixing the minimum qualifying marks at 45 per cent for appearing in the counselling for admission. Such a decision of the AICTE was with the objective of admitting the eligible students in various streams of engineering. The AICTE had increased the qualifying mark to 50 per cent earlier following which three writ petitions were filed challenging the decision on various counts. However, during pendency of the writ petitions, AICTE reduced the qualifying mark to 45 per cent in (PCM) which was held to be proper by the court. In the present appeal, the petitioners have challenged the judgment on the ground that such fixation of qualifying marks was not applicable to the students empanelled by JEE.
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