Hon’ble Ashok Bhushan, J.—The National Council for Teacher Education, constituted under the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993, granted permission to the State of U.P. to impart a special primary teacher training course, i.e., Special Basic Training Course 2007 to the candidates, who are already B.Ed., to enable the State of U.P. to fill up more than 60 thousand vacant posts of primary teacher, which remained unfilled due to non-availability of candidates having the primary teacher training certificate.

2. Whether the candidates, who obtained B.Ed. from the institutions recognised by the National Council for Teacher Education after the enforcement of National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993, are alone eligible to apply for Special Basic Training Course 2007 or those candidates who either obtained B.Ed. degree prior to enforcement of National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 from the Universities recognised by the University Grant Commission or obtained degree after the enforcement of National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 from the Universities recognised by University Grant Commission, during the period when the application of the inst