ORDER :

Mohammad Rafiq, J.

These matters have been referred to the Full Bench by order of the Division Bench dated 10.1.2020, in view of the conflict of opinion between the Division Bench judgment of this Court dated 20.9.2010 in CWP No. 5728 of 2010, titled H.P. B.Ed College Association and ors. vs. State of H.P. & anr., and another Division Bench judgment dated 23.7.2014 in CWP No. 7688 of 2013 titled HP Private Universities Management Association (HPUMA) vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and others and CWP No. 840 of 2014 titled Private Technical Institution’s Association Himachal Pradesh and others vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and others.

2. The case as set up in the writ petition by the petitioners herein is that the PetitionersTeachers Training Institutes are running diploma course in D.El.Ed., recognized by National Council of Teacher Training (NCTE), which is an Apex Regulatory Body created under NCTE Act. NCTE has framed Regulations ‘National Council for Teachers Education (Recognition, Norms and procedure) Regulations, 2009’ pertaining to the norms and standards for Diplo