The present writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that a direction be issued to Northern Regional Committee, National Council for Teacher Education and its parent body National Council for Teacher Education, New Delhi to grant recognition to the petitioner college for B.Ed. Course w.e.f. 2015-2016 in consonance with National Council for Teacher Education (Recognition Norms and Procedure) Regulations, 2014 (hereinafter called 'Regulations, 2014').

2. The controversy raised in the present petition is in very narrow compass. Admittedly, the petitioner college had prepared on 29.5.2015 FDR and a list of staff recruited. The petitioner college presented the relevant material which included FDR and list of staff recruited along with other documents as per requirement of respondents, on 31.5.2015. 30th May, 2015 happened to be Saturday and 31st May, 2015 was Sunday. Both, Saturday and Sunday were not working days of the respondent organization. Hence, the documents furnished by the petitioner college along with FDR were not accepted. Admittedly, they were accepted on 1st June, 2015.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner has drawn