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PASIGHAT, Feb 4: Gauhati High Court Itanagar Permanent Bench in its final judgment has dismissed the PIL filed by Adi Students’ Union (AdiSU) against Pasighat based Apex Professional University (APU) in connection with the authority of the university in issuing graduation certificates.
The case(No. PIL 26/2018) was filed by AdiSU in 2018 against APU and 11 other respondents like the state of Arunachal Pradesh represented by Chief Secretary, Secretary Education, Director Higher & Technical Education, UGC etc. questioning the authority of the Apex Professional University in issuing graduation certificates.  After the PIL was filed, the respondents filed their affidavits along with relevant documents showing that the university was established by an Act namely the Apex Professional University Act, 2012 passed by the State Assembly which was gazetted on May 14, 2013.  They also filed two documents which are letters from the UGC addressed to the Registrar (i/c) Apex Professional University, Pasighat and the Vice Chancellor of the same university wherein it was made clear that the university has been recognized and can grant graduation certificates to its students. The Apex Professional University was alleged of violating various UGC norms by AdiSU. However, the APU had termed the charges baseless and misleading done with an ulterior motive to harass the university. 
“Apex Professional University stands tall and proud today as an institution duly recognized by the UGC and other regulatory bodies like BCI, PCI and NCTE. The baseless allegations and frivolous statements made by AdiSU have been vindicated by the High Court and their PIL dismissed,” the varsity’s Founder Chancellor Acharya Dhanwant Singh said in a statement.

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