JUDGMENT :

Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the records relating to the impugned order issued by the second respondent herein in Na.Ka.No.1731/E1/2019, dated 28.09.2020, quash the same, and further direct the second respondent herein to approve the admission of all the eligible students in the petitioner institute for the academic year 2020-2021 in pursuance to the recognition granted by the first respondent herein.

1. The petitioner is a Teacher Training Institute which was established during the year 1953-1954. The recognition of the institution was granted by the State Government in 1954. After the formation of the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), the institute obtained necessary recognition as per Section 14(3)(a) of the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 for conducting elementary course training for a duration of two years with an intake of 40 students from the academic year 1998-1999. Subsequently, the intake was increased from 40 to 80 students from the academic year 2002-2003. Originally, the institute was admitting only male students and