By: Express News ServiceNew Delhi | November 13, 2025 01:46 PM IST 2 min readThe National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has issued a show-cause notice to Al-Falah University in Faridabad, stating that the institution’s accreditation has expired and asking why legal action should not be initiated against the university.The Al-Falah School of Engineering and Technology’s ‘Grade A’ accreditation was valid from 2013 to 2018, while the Al-Falah School of Education and Training’s accreditation was valid from 2011 to 2016.A senior NAAC official said that it was brought to their notice that the university’s website shows that it has received an ‘A’ grade despite the accreditation not being valid anymore.The show-cause notice issued asks why legal action should not be initiated against the university, why the university should not be disqualified for future consideration for assessment and accreditation, and why NAAC should not recommend to the UGC, AICTE, NMC and NCTE that the institution’s recognition to offer programmes be withdrawn.NAAC has asked the university to respond in seven days, and has also asked that NAAC accreditation details be removed from the university website.The show-cause notice states Al-Falah University has publicly displayed on their website that “Al-Falah University is an endeavour of Al-Falah Charitable Trust, which has been running three colleges on the campus, namely Al Falah School of Engineering and Technology (since 1997, graded A by NAAC,) Brown Hill College of Engineering and Technology (since 2008), and Al-Falah School of Education and Training (since 2006, graded A by NAAC)”.The notice states that this “is absolutely wrong and misleading the public, especially parents, students, and stakeholders.”Story continues below this adThe senior NAAC official said: “They had two colleges that were accredited, and this accreditation period has expired. They should have come in for accreditation as a university, but they never did. But on their website, they have said that they are NAAC accredited. Once the accreditation period is over, they cannot use it on their website. After this incident (the blast), it was pointed out that they are displaying the accreditation. So, we have issued a show-cause notice. We will also conduct an inquiry, and will give our recommendation to the regulatory authorities – UGC and AICTE.”© IE Online Media Services Pvt LtdTags:delhi blastNAAC