Admitting students without recognition or affiliation violates rules and leads to severe consequences, including the invalidity of degrees for employment purposes.

JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying this Court to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the third respondent to grant continuation of affiliation from 2021-2022 to the petitioner''s University and to permit the students of the petitioner''s University to undergo School Internship Teaching Practice and to appear for the I and II Semester Examination, within the time period stipulated by this Court.)

1. The Writ Petition has been filed in the nature of mandamus, directing the third respondent/Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University to grant continuation of affiliation from 2021-2022 to the petitioner''s University and to permit the students of the petitioner''s University to undergo School Internship Teaching Practice and to appear for the I and II Semester Examination.

2. The writ petition had been filed on 12.09.2022. At that particular point of time, the relief sought for by the petitioner was to permit the students, who had been admitted in the petitioner''s University to write their I and II semester examination. No interim order was granted. Time passed and now the fourth semester examination is scheduled to be conducted from 17.04.2023. Since the matter had been mentioned being urgent, listed on yesterday (ie., 11.04.2023) and again on today (ie., 12.04.2023).

3. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, learned counsel appearing for the first and second respondents and the learned counsel appearing for the third respondent.

4. The petitioner had been visited with an order issued by the first respondent on 03.12.2019, which can be termed as a show-cause notice under Section 17 of the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993, as to why the recognition of the petitioner need not be withdrawn by the first and second respondents. There were several defects found in the college, necessitating the first respondent to issue the show-cause notice. For that show-cause notice, the writ petitioner had given a reply on 17.12.2019.

5. Thereafter, the petitioner had applied for continuation of Provisional Affiliation on 14.10.2020. Again, a show-cause notice was then issued by the first respondent again under Section 17 of the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 on 27.02.2020. This was also replied by the petitioner on 17.03.2020.

6. The issue kept moving back and front between the petitioner and the first respondent. Finally an order has been passed and published in Gazette Part III Section 4 on 16.03.2021, which can be termed as a ''withdrawal'' order. However, the writ petition has not been filed by the petitioner, questioning that particular order.

7. Consequent to such withdrawal, the third respondent namely, the Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University, which governs the petitioner had withdrawn the affiliation of the college.

8. In and around April, May and June, 2021, admission to various courses were conducted even though the petitioner had no recognition, had no affiliation with the third respondent. The petitioner was a body in suspended animation.

9. Later, a notice had also been issued by the third respondent on 28.07.2021, in which, they had pointed out that there was no approval, no recognition and no affiliation and therefore a caution was issued that the petitioner should not admit any student.

10. The course under issue is B.Ed., Course. They train students to become teachers. For a student, who aspires to become a teacher, to uphold moral ethics should be the first quality. While that being so, the petitioner has fallen foul with that ethics.

11. Even after the caution issued by the third respondent, the petitioner commenced admitting 100 students. After admitting 100 students, the petitioner has filed the writ petition placing sympathy upon the students and seeking permission for them to write first and second semesters, which was the relief sought for in the writ petition. During arguments permission was sought to write the third and fo