PRATEEK JALAN
Modern College – Appellant
Versus
National Council For Teacher Education And Anr – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Prateek Jalan, J. - The proceedings in the matter have been conducted through video conferencing.
1. The petitioner has approached this Court against a decision dated 02.05.2017 taken by the Northern Regional Committee ["NRC"] of National Council for Teacher Education ["NCTE"], by which the petitioner was granted recognition for one unit for the D.El.Ed. course. According to the petitioner, it had the necessary infrastructure for two units, which had been approved by the Inspection Committee of the NCTE. The petitioner has also assailed an order dated 15.05.2019, by which the Appellate Committee of the NCTE rejected its appeal against the aforesaid order dated 02.05.2017.
2. The petitioner's application for recognition was made sometime in the year 2015, pursuant to which a letter of intent dated 08.07.2016 was issued to it. Neither the application nor the letter of intent clearly stated the number of units for which the application was made. Mr. Mayank Manish, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that, at the relevant time, an applicant was not required to disclose this information in the application, and the assessment of infrastructure for the required number of un
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