thiruvananthapuram state government once again lost its case against private polytechnics as the high court dismissed the reasons cited by the government for excluding two newly set up polytechnic colleges from centralised seat allotment for admissionthe high court on july 10 directed the technical education directorate to take steps to include the two new polytechnics one in ernakulam and another in thrissur district in the centralised allotment process for admission in 201819 academic yearchallenging the affiliation granted by all india council for technical education aicte to the new colleges the state higher education department had submitted in the high court that the college managements did not comply a host of conditions mandatory for the government approval for setting up the college the court had given time for government to submit a report on the deficiencies that it has spotted for denying approval to new collegesthere were allegations that the government had set unrealistic conditions so that the newly set up colleges would not be able to admit students however the court later rejected all the reasons raised by the government for not giving them recognition in the aicte approval order no deficiency was found with any of the infrastructural requirementsonce the approval by the aicte is granted and the state authorities have accepted the approval of the aicte as conclusive for the grant of affiliation they are not within their right to question the correctness or bona fides of the aicte approval the court order saidthe fight between state education department and private polytechnic managements began last year the government though took a stand against the setting up of new polytechnic colleges in private sector could not convince the all india council for technical education aicte about the same the state government then tried to convince the high court that the government policy was against setting up of new polytechnic colleges in the state however the court had quashed the policy when three polytechnic managements challenged the government stand in the court last year later all the three new polytechnic institutes were included in the centralised allotment process