O R D E R (ORAL)

% 09.01.2024 W.P.(C) 305/2024 and CM APPL. 1407/2024 (stay)

1. The petitioner Institute was granted recognition for running the B.Ed. course on 23 February 2018 with an intake of 100 seats in the year 2018-2019 under Clause 7(16) of the National Council for Teacher Education (Recognition Norms & Procedure) Regulations, 2014 (“the 2014 Regulations”).

2. On 30 September 2020, the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) issued a show cause notice to the petitioner under Section 17(1) of the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 (“NCTE Act”). The relevant portions of paras 2 and 3 of the said show cause notice read thus:

“2. Hence, the committee decided to issue show cause notice u/s 14/15/17 of NCTE, Act 1993, to the institutions as listed below with a direction to submit the following within 60 days of the date of issuance of the show cause notice:-

(i) The list of teaching faculty approved by the affiliating body/university at the time of granting recognition by ERC after the issuance of LOI u/c

7(13) of Regulation-2014.

(ii) Latest teaching faculty list approved by the affiliating body/University duly signed by the competent authority along with affidavit