got aicte approval and its constituent colleges are like its departments so where is the problem a senior officer asked blaming certain private engineering colleges of unnecessarily putting the two government colleges in the dock so that they could get students odisha private engineering colleges association opeca secretary binod dash however accused the government of promoting unfair practices if aicte approval is not needed why have they applied for it he said pointing out that aicte has made its stand clear in the affidavit we want a level playing field but in odisha different rules are being followed for government colleges bput affiliated private colleges state private universities and deemed to be universities we demand uniformity dash said adding it is ironical the government insists on private colleges meeting all infrastructure and manpower parameters and securing aicte nod but has started two colleges on its own without any infrastructure or manpower in place