ICFAI University, Hyderabad and ICFAI National College in Chennai have been barred from making admissions and collecting fee from students.
The bar has been imposed by the Madras High Court which passed an interim order on February 22.
Hearing a public interest litigation petition filed by Dr M.G.R. Medical University Senate member K. Rajendran the First Bench of Chief Justice A.P. Shah and Justice Prabha Sridevan restrained the ICFAI from admitting students and collecting fee. It fixed the case for March 13.
The High Court Bench said it was the last chance for the respondent-university and the college to file their replies.
’’The petition seeks action against the private university and the college for running study centres in Tamil Nadu without ’’any valid approval and recognition.’’
He said the ICFAI University, the 73rd respondent in the case Prof Yashpal and others Vs. State of Chhattisgarh & others
(decided on February 11, 2005) heard by the Supreme Court, was ’’fully aware of the fact that it had ceased to exist’’ pursuant to the order.
But, it has ’’chosen to issue advertisements calling for enrolment to various courses such as MBA and MCA in both distance education and regular stream.’’
The ICFAI, it may be recalled, has been running numerous courses through its distance education centres and off-university centres, often so confusing that the gullible students invariably fall prey to their glossy advertisement puffs.