Failing to get any response from the authorities concerned, engineering aspirants have moved the high court against the All India Council for Technical Education's (AICTE) decision to slash seats filled through direct admission to second year degree engineering courses by 50 per cent.

Students of four-year diploma engineering courses are entitled to directly get admission in the second year degree courses. An online petition started by distressed students and parents, who believe they are being cheated, have already got 7,000 signatures.