/ SLP (Civil) No. 7257 of 2023 & Ors. Page 4 of 19Programmes, which is creating confusion among the stakeholders. Therefore, AICTE decided that no partial approval of technical courses will be given to Universities in order to avoid confusion among stakeholders. Accordingly, all universities are hereby informed that either they take full approval of all technical courses, or they can continue without approval of AICTE.” 6. It is relevant to note that the stand of the Writ Petitioners was reinforced by the AICTE before the High Court, as made explicit by their Counter Affidavit dated 12.05.2022, which read as under: “8. That so far the statements made in paragraph no. 15 of the writ petition concern it is submitted that AICTE vide its public notification for approval process 2021-22 had categorically clarified that the central/state public private universities are not required to take approval of the AICTE for technical programs except ODL and online courses. This position has also