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REKHA PALLI
Shekhawati Shikshak Parsikshan Sansthan – Appellant
Versus
National Council For Teacher Education – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Rekha Palli, J. - The present batch of petitions preferred under article 226 of the Constitution of India assails the respondents' decision to return the applications submitted by the petitioner institutes in the year 2008-09 seeking grant of recognition for conducting teacher training courses, without considering the same on merits. It is the petitioners' case that these applications were invited by the respondent no.1 through a public notice, but were returned unactioned, on account of a subsequent ban imposed by the government of Rajasthan on opening of new educational institutes.
Brief factual matrix
2. On 02.10.2008, the respondent no.1/The National Council for Teacher Education (hereinafter referred to as 'NCTE'), a statutory authority responsible for the regulation and maintenance of norms and standards in the teacher education system, issued a public notice inviting applications for recognition of various teacher training courses, including B.Ed from different states across the country, including the State of Rajasthan. The petitioners being desirous of conducting various courses at their respective educational institutes, submitted their applications along with all
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