JUDGMENT

[Physical Court Hearing/Hybrid Hearing (as per request]

Rajiv Shakdher, J. (Oral)--Issue notice to the respondents.

2. Mr Shivam Singh accepts notice on behalf of the respondents.

3. With the consent of the counsel for the parties, the writ petition is taken up for hearing and final disposal, at this stage itself.

4. The substantive prayers made in the writ petition read as follows:

"(a) pass a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ or order quashing and setting aside the impugned Regulation 5 (3) of the National Council for Teacher Education (Recognition Norms and Procedure) Regulations, 2014 to the extent it requires the petitioner to submit No Objection Certificate issued by the concerned affiliating body along with online application and its Hard Copy, however, the same is ultra vires the NCTE Act, 1993; and

(b) pass a w