Committee-approved college permission cannot be altered by a single 's corrigendum without statutory authority.

A corrigendum issued by an Additional Secretary could not validly alter a High Power Committee's approval to open a +2 Science College, because the governing statute vested scrutiny, recommendation and final permission in the prescribed authority and the duly constituted Committee. The Committee had already granted permission subject to conditions, and no statutory power or fresh Committee determination supported a unilateral administrative revision. The corrigendum was therefore without jurisdiction and liable to be quashed, with the institution's approval effectively restored for student admission in the +2 Science stream.

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Issues: Whether the corrigendum issued by the Additional Secretary could validly modify the High Power Committee's decision granting permission to open the +2 Science College, and whether the impugned corrigendum was liable to be quashed.

Analysis: Section 5 of the Orissa Education Act, 1969 vests the process of scrutiny, recommendation, and final decision on permission in the prescribed authority and the duly constituted Committee. The High Power Committee had already considered the proposal, granted permission, and communicated the decision subject to conditions. No provision empowered the Additional Secretary, acting singly and without a fresh Committee decision, to alter or withdraw that determination by issuing a corrigendum. The record also did not disclose any legally sustainable basis for departing from the Committee's earlier approval.

Conclusion: The corrigendum was without jurisdiction and was liable to be quashed; the petitioner succeeded.

Final Conclusion: The approval granted by the High Power Committee was restored in effect, and the authorities were directed to reflect the institution's name for student admission in the +2 Science stream.

Ratio Decidendi: When a statute entrusts a decision to a specified committee, that decision cannot be modified or withdrawn by a separate administrative authority in the absence of statutory power or a fresh committee determination.

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