ORDER

Pathak, J.-- 1. Regard being had to the similitude of the issue involved, all the petitions were heard analogously and decided by this common order. For convenience's sake, facts of Writ Petition No.26738/2025 are taken into consideration.

2. The present petition (Writ Petition No.26738/2025) under Article 226 of the Constitution is preferred by the petitioners seeking following reliefs:

(i) That, the impugned order dated 2.7.2025 (Annexure P/1) and proceedings dated 5.5.2025 (Annexure P/2) and 9.5.2025 (Annexure P/3) be directed to be quashed.

(ii) That, respondent University be directed to recommend for inclusion of name of petitioner institutes for participation in the ongoing counseling for B.Ed. course for the academic session 2025-26 on their sanctioned seats/intake in accordance with their order of recognition granted by the NCTE. Accordingly, the State Government may be directed to permit the petitioner institute to participate in the ongoing counseling and to grant the admission in accordance with law.

(iii) That, other relief which is just and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case may also be granted.

3. It is the grievance of the petitioners that vide impugned order dt.2.7.2025, the affiliation of the petitioners institution of B.Ed. Course for the academic session 2025-26 has been put on hold on the basis of registration of criminal case so also recommendation of the Standing Committee dt.5.5.2025.

4. It is the submission of learned senior counsel for the petitioners that recognition has already been granted to the petitioners' institution by NCTE for running B.Ed. course vide recognition order dt.31.1.2017. Thereafter, petitioner institution also applied for affiliation from respondent University, which has been continued upto session 2024-25. For the academic session 2025-26, petitioners' institutions applied for affiliation before the respondent University on which a team for inspection of the institutions was constituted. Inspection report of the committee was submitted before the University which was kept in the meeting dt.5.5.2025, on which date affiliation of the petitioners' institution was kept on hold for want of clarification with respect to recognition from the NCTE, Higher Education and STF. It is further submitted that merely on the basis of registration of criminal case by the STF against the petitioners college(s), their affiliation is kept on hold/rejected.

5. Learned counsel further submits that once the recognition has been granted by the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 (hereinafter shall be referred to as the NCTE Act) by exercising powers under section 14 of the NCTE Act, the respondents can not withhold/reject the affiliation. It is also submitted that the action of the respondents to withhold the affiliation of the petitioners' institutions on the ground of registration of criminal case is untenable because such ground is not related to eligibility of students or admission procedure. In support of his submissions, learned counsel relied upon the judgments of the apex Court in the case of Rungta Engineering College, Bhilai and another v. Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University and another (2015) 11 SCC 291 and Nawab Shah Alam Khan College of Engineering v. Jawaharlal Nehru Technology University and others (2019) 16 SCC 391.

6. Per contra, learned counsel for the respondent University submits that Statute 27 Clause 10 lays down the mandatory procedure for inspection of colleges for the purpose of grant or continuation of affiliation. Affiliation can be granted only after inspection by a duly constituted committee and on the basis of its recommendation. Committee was constituted which submitted its report and the same was not satisfactory. It is further submitted that respondents received letter dt.8.5.2025 from NCTE, the contents of which were suspicious, therefore, asking its genuineness a letter was sent to NCTE on 31.5.2025 but no response is recei