Honourable The Chief Justice:

This case has been referred to the Full Bench as the Division Bench found that there is divergence of opinion and, particularly, the ratio of the Division Bench decision in The University of Madras vs. Loordhu Ammal Educational Trust and another, 2005 W.L.R 395 cannot be reconciled with the decision of the other Division Bench in Vinayaka Missions College of Nursing and Para-Medical Sciences v. The Tamil Nadu Nurses and Midwives Council, 2006 (4) CTC 162.

2. The challenge in the present petition is to the order of the second respondent Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, dated 08.8.2007, by which the University has granted provisional affiliation to Rukmani College of Education started by the petitioner Trust for running B.Ed. Course with an intake of 100 students for the academic year 2007-2008. The petitioner has questioned the order of the second respondent University on the ground that the petitioner is entitled for grant of affiliation for B.Ed. Course from the academic year 2006-2007. The claim is made on the basis that the National Council for Teacher Education (hereinafter will be referred to as the NCTE, for brevitys sake), which is th