The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) to consider afresh grievances of deemed universities graded in the ‘B’ and ‘C categories.
“We direct the NAAC to dispose of the pleas of deemed universities within 12 weeks,” a Bench led by Justice Dipak Misra said.
The NAAC, in pursuance of the apex court order, has already assessed and accredited 38 deemed universities and granted grade ‘A’ to 17, ‘B’ to 20 and grade ‘C’ to one.
Representing petitioner Viplav Sharma, who filed a PIL petition against lack of educational and infrastructural standards in deemed universities, senior advocate Sanjay Hegde said these universities should always identify themselves as deemed and should not be allowed to run off-campus centres. The Bench agreed to hear the case further on July 12.
The apex court had asked the NAAC to put in public domain the gradation list of all 38 deemed universities. The NAAC gradation came after detailed scrutiny of various aspects and consideration of self-appraisal reports of these universities.
Previously, the court had rapped the University Grants Commission over lack of physical verification of infrastructure and faculty strength of deemed universities which were blacklisted by a government-appointed committee.
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