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Monday, 02 September 2024

To
The Members of the Standing Scrutiny and Complaint Committee/
Sh. Narender Singh
Dy Director,
Public Grievance Redressal Cell of AICTE Hqrs,
Nelson Mandela Marg, Vasant Kunj,
New Delhi-110070.

References:
1. Your letter F.No. 1-808/AICTE/PGRC/DSKIET/2023/1033-1035 Dated
20/08/2024
2. Your letter F.No. 1-808/AICTE/PGRC/DSKIET/2023/972 Dated
05/08/2024
3. Our reply dated in response to your letter letter F.No. 1-
808/AICTE/PGRC/DSKIET/2023/972 Dated 05/08/2024 submitted on 13th
August 2024 (Submitted through speed post and Centralized Public
Grievance Redress And Monitoring System.
4. Several Complaints forwarded through Centralized Public Grievance
Redress And Monitoring System (online system) (after February 2022 till
date)
5. Several Complaints forwarded through Central Vigilance Commission
through its portal (online system) (after February 2022 till date)
6. Several complaints by Vikramshila Polytechnic Teaching and Non-
Teaching staff Multipurpose Union (after February 2022 till date)

Subject: Submission of Evidence and Request for Action

Dear Members SCSC,

We regret to inform you that we are unable to physically present all the evidence
before the Standing Scrutiny and Complaint Committee (SCSC) due to the
arbitrary withholding of our salaries by the institute for over 20 (twenty) months,
which has led to severe financial distress. Despite repeated instructions from the
AICTE to the Secretary and President to resolve service-related issues through
the Grievance Redressal Committee (GRC), the management has intentionally
neglected these directives.
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Enclosed herewith do students, staff, upload photographs and other concerned

individuals, supporting our claim regarding the shared building and infrastructure
of the three institutes, as detailed in our previous communication dated 13th
August 2024. The trust has violated Register undertaking submitted on Non
Judicial stamp paper of Rs 100/- stating that exclusive built up area has been
created to conduct Diploma Engineering Programme and the facilities are not
shared with Degree Engineering College or any other programme. We believe
that a surprise visit by an Expert Committee would be the most appropriate
method to handle such complaints, and therefore, we refrain from delving into
the specifics of the shared infrastructure.
We would like to draw the Committee’s attention to the fact that both AICTE-
approved institutes (the Vikramshila Polytechnic Darapur and the
Takashsaheela Engineering College, Darapur formerly known as KGIET in short)
have failed to comply with the following mandatory requirements of the AICTE:
1. Department-wise availability of infrastructure along with approved
courses and intake as sanctioned by the Council.
2. Faculty details: Department-wise listing of faculty members/teaching staff,
including their names, designations, and qualifications, tenure of service,
total experience, student-faculty ratio, and cadre ratio.
3. Audited financial statements for the last three financial years.
The trust’s website (https://www.dgctamt.org/) has intentionally omitted the
above mandatory disclosures. Additionally, the websites for the engineering
college (www.kgiet.ac.in) and the polytechnic
(http://vikramshilapolytechnic.org/) are non-functional.
The management is fully aware of the shortage and shared infrastructure between
the Polytechnic and Engineering College operated by the trust on the same
campus. This issue has been highlighted in Civil Application [Caw] Nos. 1851 &
1524 of 2024 in Writ Petition No. 3541 of 2023 by the High Court of Judicature
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at Bombay, Nagpur Bench, which pointed out the intentional delay in obtaining
the Extension of Approval for the Polytechnic.
Despite several RTI applications, both the Engineering and Polytechnic institutes
operated by Shri Dadasaheb Gawai Charitable Trust on the same campus have
repeatedly denied consent for the disclosure of information to WR (RB), AICTE
HQ-New Delhi, indicating an attempt to conceal information. We are submitting
one such email as proof of our claim.
We have already submitted documents related to the violation of EPF dues
payment by both institutes.
There is several concerns with building infrastructure as many buildings have
developed severe cracks and structural stability is at question. Non-availability of
sewage disposal system has created potential danger for the buildings. Some
cracks in the building have propagated throughout the entire building.
We do not find any point in submitting detail-building infrastructure of total built
up area of both AICTE approved institute as both institute for obtaining EOA on
AICTE portal has already submitted it.
We, therefore, request the Standing Scrutiny and Complaint Committee (SCSC)
to aggregate all complaints submitted through the Centralized Public Grievance
Redress and Monitoring System as well as the Central Vigilance Commission
portal and recommend a surprise visit to verify the facts against the allegations
and complaints filed by us.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Thanking you
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Dr. Dipak Vinayak Shirbhate

Head Mechanical Engineering
Vikramshila Polytechnic Darapur
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: 9226743354

Prof. Ravikant H. Borkar

“Shivkrupa”,
Near Tamhne Hospital Kirti Nagar,
Akola, Dist. Akola-444 001,
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: 77740 92968
Enclosure:
Relevant documents to support our complaint and claims
 Friday, 02 August 2024
To,
The Chairman
All India Council for Technical Education
New Delhi
Subject: Complaint Regarding Non-Compliance with Approval Process Handbook
Respected Sir,
Despite our numerous verbal and written requests, Prof. Manish Manohar Patil, the Incharge Principal
of Vikramshila Polytechnic, Darapur, has consistently failed to display and provide the following
mandatory information.
As per the mandatory disclosure requirements of the Approval Process Handbook (APH) 2024-27
(Annexure-18, page 180), institutions are required to prominently disclose the following information
on their website:
1. *Department-wise availability of infrastructure* along with approved courses and intake
as sanctioned by the Council.
2. *Faculty details*: Department-wise, including the name and designation of faculty
members/teaching staff, their qualifications, tenure of service in the organization, and total
experience. The institution must also disclose the Student-Faculty Ratio and Cadre Ratio.
3. *Audited Financial Statements* for the last three financial years.
Given the persistent non-compliance by the aforementioned institution, we are compelled to file this
formal complaint. The above information is urgently required for a legal matter concerning our union.
We request your immediate intervention to ensure compliance with the APH guidelines and to
facilitate the provision of the required information at the earliest.

Yours sincerely,
 Saturday, 27 July 2024

ित,
ा मनीष मनोहर पाटील
भारी ाचाय (अित र कायभार )
िव मिशला तं िनके तन दारापरु
संदभ: Extension of Approval (EoA) F.No. Western/143660840238/2024/EOA Date of Approval: 25-
Jul-2024(attached for ready reference)

िवषय: APH 2024-25 ते 2027 (अ याय-VI) म ये िदले या सव िनदशाचं े अिनवाय पालन कर याबाबत ...
महोदय,
सदं भाम ये नमदु EOA नसु ार खाली नमदु मािहती सं थे या संकेत थळावर सवासाठी गत / कािशत करणे आव यक
आहे
As per mandatory Disclosure of APH, 2024-27(Annexure-18, page180) Institutions must disclose the
following information submitted to Council at the prominent location on its website.
1. Department wise availability of Infrastructure along with approved courses and intake
approved by the Council.
2. Faculty details: Department wise: Name& Designation of the faculty members/teaching staff
along with their qualification, tenure of service in your organization, total experience, Institution
should also disclose Student Faculty Ratio, Cadre Ratio.
3. Additionally Audited Financial Statements for last three financial years.
आपणास या प ा ारे िवनतं ी आहे िक वरील नमदु मािहती संकेत थळावर व रत उपल ध क न ावी तसेच याची एक त
आम या सघं टनेला यायालयीन कामकाजाक रता दान करावी.
आपले कृ पािभलाषी
 All India Council for Technical Education
(A Statutory body under Ministry of Education, Govt. of India)
Nelson Mandela Marg,Vasant Kunj, New Delhi-110070 Website: www.aicte-india.org

APPROVAL PROCESS 2024-25

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Extension of Approval (EoA)

F.No. Western/1-43660840238/2024/EOA Date of Approval: 25-Jul-2024

To,

The Secretary,
Tech. & Higher Education Deptt.
Govt. of Maharashta, Mantralaya,
Annexe Building, Mumbai-400032

Sub: Extension of Approval for the Academic Year 2024-25

Ref: Online application of the Institution submitted for Extension of Approval for the Academic Year 2024-25

Sir/Madam,

In terms of the provisions under the All India Council for Technical Education (Grant of Approvals for Technical Education), Powers
delegated in AICTE ACT 1987, (No 52 of 1987) chapter II - u/s 2(g) to regulate Technical and subsequent Regulations of AICTE, I am
directed to convey the approval to:

Permanent Id 1-421143073 Application Id 1-43660840238

SHRI DADASAHEB GAWAI SHRI DADASAHEB GAWAI
Name of the Institution CHARITABLE TRUST, Name of the Society/Trust CHARITABLE TRUST,CONGRESS
VIKRAMSHILA POLYTECHNIC NAGAR, AMRAVATI
SHRI. DADASAHEB GAWAI
VIKRAMSHILA CHARITABLE TRUST,
POLYTECHNIC,DARAPUR 44, ""KAMAL PUSHPA"",
Institution Address TQ. DARYAPUR,DIST. AMRAVATI Society/Trust Address CONGRESS NAGAR,
PIN: 444814, DARAPUR, AMRAVATI-
AMRAVATI, Maharashtra, 444814 444606,AMRAVATI,AMRAVATI,Ma
harashtra,444606
Institution Type Private-Self Financing Region Western
Year of Establishment 2010

To conduct following Programs/Courses with the Intake indicated below for the Academic Year 2024-25

FN / Gulf
Affiliating Body Intake Intake NRI
quota/ OCI/
Level Program Course (University Approved Approved Approval
Approval
/Body) for 2023-24 for 2024-25 Status
Status

ENGINEERI Maharashtra State

NG AND CIVIL Board of Technical
DIPLOMA 60 60 No No
TECHNOLO ENGINEERING Education,
GY Mumbai

ENGINEERI Maharashtra State

NG AND ELECTRICAL Board of Technical
DIPLOMA 60 60 No No
TECHNOLO ENGINEERING Education,
GY Mumbai

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 FN / Gulf
Affiliating Body Intake Intake NRI
quota/ OCI/
Level Program Course (University Approved Approved Approval
Approval
/Body) for 2023-24 for 2024-25 Status
Status

ELECTRONICS
ENGINEERI Maharashtra State
AND
NG AND Board of Technical
DIPLOMA TELECOMMUNIC 60 60 No No
TECHNOLO Education,
ATIONS
GY Mumbai
ENGINEERING

ENGINEERI Maharashtra State

NG AND MECHANICAL Board of Technical
DIPLOMA 60 60 No No
TECHNOLO ENGINEERING Education,
GY Mumbai

All AICTE approved Institutions are empowered to nurture ecosystems for Skilling (through Vocational courses) via making effective use of
existing infrastructure facilities and human resources.
It is mandatory to comply with all the essential requirements as given in APH 2024-25 to 2027 (Chapter-VI)

a
Note: EOA as per Court order W.P. NO. 3541 OF 2023.

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Note: This is a Computer generated Report. No signature is required.
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 Important Instructions
1. As per mandatory Disclosure of APH 2024-27(Annexure-18, page180) Institutions must disclose the following information
submitted to Council at the Prominent location on its website.
i. Department wise availability of Infrastructure along with approved courses and intake approved by the Council.

ii. Faculty details: Department wise: Name& Designation of the faculty members/teaching staff along with their qualification,
tenure of service in your organization, total experience, Institution should also disclose Student Faculty Ratio, Cadre Ratio.

iii. Additionally Audited Financial Statements for last 3 Financial years.

2. Reservation Policy of the Central Government (Including EWS) / Respective State Government/ UT as the case shall be applicable
to all the Programmes. The concerned State Government/ UT Admission authority shall decide Modalities of Admission.

3. The Institution offering courses earlier in the Regular Shift, First Shift, Second Shift/Part Time are now amalgamated as total
intake and shall have to fulfil all facilities such as Infrastructure, Faculty and other requirements as per the norms specified in the
Approval Process Handbook 2024-25 to 2027 for the Total Approved Intake.
4. In case of any differences in content in this Computer generated Extension of Approval Letter, the content/information as approved
by the Executive Council / General Council as available on the record of AICTE shall be final and binding.

5. All AICTE institutions are highly encouraged to get NBA/NAAC accreditation. All eligible AICTE institutions are thoroughly
encouraged to participate in NIRF ranking process.

6. Deemed to be University: Institutions Deemed to be Universities (Running Technical Education Programmes), it is mandatory to
have AICTE approval from the Academic Year 2018-19 in compliance of the Hon'ble Supreme Court Order dated 03-11-2017
passed in CA No.17869- 17870 /2017.
7. AICTE Approved Institutes are encouraged to utilize SWAYAM PLUS Courses up-to 40%

8. Internship is mandatory for all admitted students.

9. AICTE Approved Institutes are encouraged to make efficient use of the flagship schemes like:

a. Parakh: Student Gap analysis portal bases services.

b. Students Scholarship schemes like Pragati, Saksham, Swanath, ADF, etc.

c. Course in Indian Languages.

d. ATAL FDPs: Faculty training for Emerging areas and cutting edge Technologies.

e. Augmenting Utilization of Research Assets (AURA).

f. Smart India Hackathon: World's largest Open Innovation Platform.

Prof.Rajive Kumar
Member Secretary, AICTE

Copy to:

1. The Director Of Technical Education**, Maharashtra

2. The Principal / Director,

SHRI DADASAHEB GAWAI CHARITABLE TRUST, VIKRAMSHILA POLYTECHNIC
Vikramshila Polytechnic,Darapur
Tq. Daryapur,Dist. Amravati
Pin: 444814,
Darapur,Amravati,

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 Maharashtra,444814

3. The Secretary / Chairman,

SHRI. DADASAHEB GAWAI CHARITABLE TRUST,
44, ""KAMAL PUSHPA"", CONGRESS NAGAR,
AMRAVATI-444606
AMRAVATI,AMRAVATI
Maharashtra,444606

4. Guard File(AICTE)

Note: Validity of the Course details may be verified at http://www.aicte-india.org/

** Individual Approval letter copy will not be communicated through Post/Email. However, a consolidated list of Approved Institutions(bulk) may be downloaded
from the respective login id's.
This is a computer generated Statement. No signature Required

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Mohit Pramod Gawande and others.

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State of Maharashtra and others.
Office notes, Office Memoranda of
Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court’s or Judge’s Orders
or directions and Registrar’s orders.

Shri A.D. Mohgaonkar, Advocate for Petitioners.

Shri A.S. Fulzele, Addl. G.P. for Respondent Nos.1, 4 & 6.
Shri N.P. Lambat, Advocate for Respondent No.3.
Shri P.R. Puri, Advocate for Respondent Nos.2 and 5.
Shri P.S. Chauhan, Advocate for Respondent Nos. 7 and 8.

Heard.

2. By Civil Application No.1851/2024,

petitioners seek certain amendment for adding

further prayers depending upon subsequent events.

3. Leave granted as prayed for. Necessary

amendment be carried out within three working

days and amended copy be supplied to other side.

Civil Application is accordingly disposed of.

…..

Civil Application (CAW) No.1524/2024.

Petitioners are teaching and non-

teaching staff. They seek certain directions against

respondents, in particular for payment of salary and

to protect their services.

2. Petitioners are in the employment of

respondent nos. 7 and 8 Technical Institution

which is controlled by All India Council of

Technical Education (AICTE). As per the

prevailing norms, the Management has to annually

undertake to apply for grant of extension of

approval for the institution. The Management

annually needs to submit requisite information by

following on-line process within a stipulated period

and with requisite fees. The entire process is to be

followed in terms of the Approval Process

Handbook.

3. It reveals that the Management has not

paid the requisite fees which resulted into closure of

the proposal.

4. It is not in dispute that presently the

teaching and non-teaching staff is working with the

institution, as well as there are several students who

are taking education. It is submitted that if annual

approval is not granted, it would be against the

interest of teachers, as well as students.

5. The learned Counsel appearing for

AICTE would submit that if the fees are deposited,

then further steps would be taken.

6. The learned Counsel for the

Management would submit that interest of students

is not at all affected, but, according to us, if the

extension is not obtained, then stage wise classes in

the institution would become defunct. Particularly

we have taken note that the Management has

neither applied for closure, and thus, they have to

fulfill their obligations.

7. In view of above, by way of an interim

measure, we direct respondent nos. 7 and 8 to

deposit the requisite fees and complete the process

of extension within a period of two days from today.

If within two days, fees is deposited, the AICTE

shall accept the same and complete the remaining

formalities. However, if they are any deficiencies,

the same would be cured by the Management

immediately to proceed further.

7. Civil Application is accordingly disposed

of.

8. Copy of this order be furnished to

learned Counsel for the parties to act upon.

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AICTE - In RTI, applicant ask for information.

Western HQ <[email protected]> Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 5:05 PM
To: Manish Patil <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Cc: AICTE Western Region <[email protected]>

Sir/Madam,

With reference to two RTI's applicants asked for :

1. All documents from year 2010 till date (including certified copy of affidavits, application form, details of faculty, EOA payment details
enclosures) uploaded for obtaining EOA from AICTE
2. Details of payment (certified copies) TER charges payment from year 2010 till date.

Submitted by your institute i.e. Shri Dadasaheb Gawai Charitable Trust, Vikramshila polytechnic Whether you would like to share the
documents to 3rd party as per sec11(1) of RTI Act or not. You are requested to give your consent, and if yes please provide copy for
the same.

--
Regards,
WR (RB), AICTE HQ- New Delhi
 Western HQ <[email protected]>

AICTE - In RTI, applicant ask for information.

Vspd1444@2015 <[email protected]> Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 6:04 PM
To: Western HQ <[email protected]>

I am not interested.
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Tuesday, August 13, 2024

To,
Narender Singh
Dy. Director (PGRC)
All India Council for Technical Education
Nelson Mandela Marg, Vasant Kunj,
New Delhi-110070

Reference: Your letter F.No. 1-808/AICTE/PGRC/DSKIET/2023/972 Dated 05/08/2024

Subject: Complaint against Dr. Sau Kamaltai Institute of Engineering and

Technology, Darapur Tq. Darayapur Dist Amravati- Maharashtra (now known as
Takshasheela Institute of Engineering and Technology, Darapur)

Respected Sir,
In response to the letter referenced above, received on 13th August 2024, we
hereby submit the following facts:

Sr. No Name of institute Affiliation /Approved

Takshasasheela Institute Of Engineering
Approved by AICTE and
and Technology, Darapur-444802
Affiliated to Sant
1. formerly known as Dr Sau Kamaltai Gawai
Gadgebaba Amravati
Institute Of Engineering and Technology
University (SGBAU)
(KGIET)
Approved by AICTE and
Affiliated to
2. Vikramshila Polytechnic DARAPUR Maharashtra State Board
of Technical Education,
Mumbai (MSBTE)
Approved by National
Council for Vocational
Samarat Ashok Industrial Training Training (NCVT) and
3.
Institute Darapur Affiliated to Directorate
of Vocational Education
and Training (DVET)

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The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) permits the sharing of
infrastructure among several institutes operating on the same premises, subject to
specific guidelines and conditions. According to AICTE’s approval process,
institutions under the same trust, society, or company operating in the same
location or city can merge into a single institution, allowing them to share
facilities such as classrooms, laboratories, libraries, and other infrastructure.
We wish to bring to your attention that the aforementioned institutes are operating
as separate entities despite being under the same trust. They have not merged into
a single institution to date. Consequently, the combined shared infrastructure does
not meet the requirements for all the programs and levels offered.
The AICTE conducts surprise visits to ensure that institutions comply with its
standards and regulations. These visits are part of the Expert Visit Committee
(EVC) process, which verifies the availability of facilities, faculty, and other
resources at AICTE-approved institutions. We request AICTE to conduct
physical visits due to several complaints from the employees of both the
engineering and polytechnic colleges, recent directions from the Nagpur High
Court to Vikramshila Polytechnic, Darapur for affiliation, and other extraordinary
circumstances, including several cases filed by employees regarding salary
arrears/non-payment of salary as per AICTE norms. The surprise visit will
address all allegations and claims made by both parties.
We also wish to inform you that the management is aware of the available
infrastructure and the false claims made in the affidavit submitted to AICTE for
obtaining EOA. Consequently, they have not paid EOA charges for Vikramshila
Polytechnic, Darapur even after the deadline, intending to merge the polytechnic
infrastructure with the engineering college. However, the Bombay High Court,
Nagpur Bench, passed an order on 22nd July 2024 for mandatory EOA payment
as a special provision. The receipt of payment attached as proof of the above
claim along with the court order. Moreover, there is a violation of EPF dues
payment, and a public notice in a daily newspaper attached as proof to support
our complaint.
Thanking you

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Dr. Dipak Vinayak Shirbhate

Head Mechanical Engineering
Vikramshila Polytechnic Darapur
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: 9226743354

Prof. Ravikant H. Borkar

“Shivkrupa”,
Near Tamhne Hospital Kirti Nagar,
Akola, Dist. Akola-444 001,
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: 77740 92968

Enclosure:
Relevant documents to support our complaint and claims

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