ORDER :

1. The matter has been taken up via video-conferencing due to circumstances prevailing on account of the COVID-19 pandemic.

2. Heard Mr. Ajay Bihari Sinha, learned counsel for the petitioners; Mr. Sunil Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the National Council for Teacher Education (hereinafter referred to as the ‘NCTE’).

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners seeks, and is granted, permission to implead the State Nodal Officer, CETB.Ed.-2020, Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Kameshwar Nagar, Darbhanga as respondent no. 3.

4. Mr. Md. Nadim Seraj, learned counsel accepts notice on behalf of newly-added respondent no. 3 and, accordingly, has also been heard.

5. Let necessary correction be made by learned counsel for the petitioners by filing fresh page of the cause title through e-mode, latest by tomorrow.

6. Learned counsel for the petitioners shall forward copy of the entire pleadings to learned counsel for respondent no. 3, latest by tomorrow. Let the name of Mr. Md. Nadim Seraj, learned counsel be printed in the cause list in the column of respondents.

7. The petitioners have moved the Court for following reliefs:

“(i) For quashing order no. ER-274.14.21/ERCAPP1075/B.Ed./20