JUDGMENT :

Heard Mr. S. Dutta, learned Senior counsel for the petitioner and Mr. U.K. Goswami, learned CGC for the respondent No. 1, being the Union of India through the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. Also heard Mr. I. Alam, learned counsel for the respondents No. 2 and 3, being the authorities under the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) and Mr. S.M.T. Chistie, learned counsel for the respondents No. 4 and 5, being the authorities under the Education Department.

2. The petitioner Hindi Teachers Training College, North Guwahati represented by its Principal is an institution established for training and imparting Hindi courses to the Government teachers of Assam and it is affiliated to the Central Institute of Hindi, Agra. The institute is in existence and functioning since the year 1969 and it is stated to be the only teachers’ training college of Hindi teachers who are serving in various Government schools of Assam. On 31.05.2005, the petitioner institute applied before the authorities under the NCTE for grant of recognition for conducting the Hindi Shikshan Parangat course to the in-service Government teachers of the region. The respondent N