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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on 04.08.2022 Date of decision: 24.08.2022 + W.P.(C) 2813/2021, W.P.(C) 7855/2022 & CM APPL. 23972/2022, W.P.(C) 8368/2022 & CM APPL. 25183/2022, W.P.(C) 8918/2022, W.P.(C) 7025/2022 W.P.(C) 4749/2022, CM APPL. 14237/2022, CM APPL. 14238/2022, W.P.(C) 5958/2022 & CM APPL.17921- 22/2022, W.P.(C) 6021/2022, W.P.(C) 6119/2022, W.P.(C) 6128/2022, W.P.(C) 6140/2022, W.P.(C) 6147/2022, W.P.(C) 6154/2022 & CM APPL. 18555/2022, W.P.(C) 6163/2022,CM APPL. 18569/2022, W.P.(C) 7386/2022, W.P.(C) 6178/2022, CM APPL. 18608/2022 , W.P.(C) 61/2022, W.P.(C) 137/2022, W.P.(C) 279/2022, W.P.(C) 661/2022, W.P.(C) 2739/2021 & CM APPL. 8159/2021 -Int. Dir, W.P.(C) 788/2022 W.P.(C) 790/2022, W.P.(C) 849/2022, W.P.(C) 1373/2022, W.P.(C) 1707/2022 & CM APPL. 4924/2022 -Int.Dir., W.P.(C) 1885/2022, W.P.(C) 2191/2022, W.P.(C) 2253/2022 & CM APPL. 6477/2022 -Int.Dir, W.P.(C) 2277/2022 & CM APPL. 6538/2022 -Int.Dir., W.P.(C) 2594/2022, W.P.(C) 2657/2022, W.P.(C) 2714/2022 & CM APPL. 7733/2022 - Int.Dir, W.P.(C) 2819/2022, W.P.(C) 2820/2022 & CM APPL. 8132/2022 -Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 2844/2022 & CM APPL. 8197/2022 - Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 2906/2022, CM APPL. 8425/2022 -Ex. CM APPL. 8426/2022 --Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 9479/2021 & CM APPL. 29416/2021 - -Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 2934/2022 & CM APPL. 8498/2022 --Int. Dir., CM APPL. 8499/2022 -Ex., W.P.(C) 2935/2022 & CM APPL. 8500/2022 --Int. Dir., CM APPL. 8501/2022 -Ex.,W.P.(C) 3327/2022 & CM APPL. 9679/2022 --Int. Dir.,,W.P.(C) 3334/2022 & CM APPL. 9707/2022 --Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 3541/2022 & CM APPL. 10421/2022 -Ex., CM APPL. 10422/2022 -Ex., W.P.(C) 4075/2022, W.P.(C) 4084/2022, W.P.(C) 4523/2022 & CM APPL. 13551/2022 -- Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 4555/2022 & CM APPL. 13666/2022 -Ex. CM APPL. 13667/2022 -Ex., W.P.(C) 4814/2022, W.P.(C) 4869/2022 & CM APPL. 14597/2022 --Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 4875/2022 & CM APPL. 14612/2022 --Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 4877/2022 & CM APPL. 14615/2022 --Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 4894/2022 & CM APPL. 14800/2022 --Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 4960/2022 & CM APPL. 14755/2022 --Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 4992/2022 & CM APPL. 14828/2022 --Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 5000/2022 & CM APPL. 14843/2022 --Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 5218/2022 & CM APPL. 15524/2022 --Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 5360/2022, W.P.(C) 5432/2022,W.P.(C) 5456/2022 & CM APPL. 16266/2022 --Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 5479/2022 & CM APPL. 16314/2022 --Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 5480/2022 & CM APPL. 16323/2022 --Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 5493/2022 & CM APPL. 16455/2022 --Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 5495/2022 & CM APPL. 16362/2022 --Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 5617/2022, W.P.(C) 5653/2022 CM APPL. 16836/2022 -Ex., CM APPL. 16837/2022 –Ex W.P.(C) 5657/2022 CM APPL. 16841/2022 –Ex., CM APPL. 16842/2022 -Ex., W.P.(C) 5741/2022 & CM APPL. 17164/2022 --Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 5759/2022 & CM APPL. 17252/2022 --Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 5817/2022, W.P.(C) 5924/2022 & CM APPL. 17789/2022 -- Int. Dir, W.P.(C) 1664/2021, W.P.(C) 4800/2021, W.P.(C) 4910/2021 W.P.(C) 5072/2021, W.P.(C) 5078/2021 & CM APPL. 15544/2021 -- Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 5079/2021,W.P.(C) 5095/2021,W.P.(C) 5174/2021,W.P.(C) 5202/2021,W.P.(C) 14761/2021,W.P.(C) 2815/2021,W.P.(C) 2816/2021,W.P.(C) 2819/2021,W.P.(C) 3003/2021,W.P.(C) 3011/2021,W.P.(C) 3178/2021,W.P.(C) 3633/2021,W.P.(C) 3670/2021,W.P.(C) 3672/2021 & CM APPL. 11139/2021 --Int. Dir, W.P.(C) 3709/2021 & CM APPL. 11232/2021 --Int. Dir, W.P.(C) 3716/2021, W.P.(C) 3723/2021,,W.P.(C) 3739/2021,W.P.(C) 3748/2021,W.P.(C) 3777/2021,W.P.(C) 3870/2021 W.P.(C) 3871/2021,W.P.(C) 3882/2021,W.P.(C) 3900/2021,W.P.(C) 4137/2021,W.P.(C) 4140/2021,W.P.(C) 4144/2021,W.P.(C) 4165/2021,W.P.(C) 4346/2021 & CM APPL. 13263/2021 --Int. Dir,W.P.(C) 4374/2021,W.P.(C) 4412/2021 & CM APPL. 13515/2021 --Int. Dir,W.P.(C) 4418/2021,W.P.(C) 4456/2021 & CM APPL. 13631/2021 --Int. Dir,W.P.(C) 4517/2021 & CM APPL. 13801/2021 --Int. Dir,W.P.(C) 4597/2021,W.P.(C) 4734/2021 & CM APPL. 14603/2021 --Int. Dir,W.P.(C) 4804/2021 & CM APPL. 14829/202 --Int. Dir,W.P.(C) 4891/2021 & CM APPL. 15055/2021 --Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 5213/2021 & CM APPL. 16000/2021 --Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 5214/2021,W.P.(C) 5217/2021,W.P.(C) 5302/2021 & CM APPL. 16314/2021 --Int. Dir,W.P.(C) 5308/2021 & CM APPL. 16325/2021 --Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 5391/2021,W.P.(C) 5468/2021 & CM APPL. 16940/2021 --Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 5470/2021 & CM APPL. 16944/2021 --Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 5473/2021 & CM APPL. 16958/2021 --Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 5474/2021 & CM APPL. 16963/2021 --Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 5483/2021 & CM APPL. 17000/2021 --Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 5494/2021 & CM APPL. 17034/2021 --Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 5496/2021 & CM APPL. 17038/2021 --Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 5516/2021 & CM APPL.17114/2021—Int., W.P.(C) 5520/2021 & CM APPL. 17123/2021 --Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 5522/2021, CM APPL. 17131/2021 ,W.P.(C) 5524/2021 & CM APPL. 17135/2021 --Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 5598/2021,W.P.(C) 5599/2021, W.P.(C) 5640/2021,W.P.(C) 5769/2021,,W.P.(C) 5779/2021,W.P.(C) 5796/2021 & CM APPL. 18170/2021 --Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 5812/2021 & CM APPL. 18200/2021 --Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 6285/2021 & CM APPL. 19844/2021--Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 6294/2021,W.P.(C) 6321/2021& CM APPL. 19898/2021--Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 6323/2021 & CM APPL. 19900/2021-- Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 6325/2021 & CM APPL. 19905/2021--Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 6387/2021 & CM APPL. 20060/2021--Int. Dir.,CM APPL. 20061/2021 -Ex.W.P.(C) 6597/2021 & CM APPL. 20676/2021--Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 6823/2021 W.P.(C) 6826/2021,W.P.(C) 6827/2021,W.P.(C) 6831/2021,W.P.(C) 7852/2021 & CM APPL. 24409/2021--Int. Dir., W.P.(C)6828/2021, W.P.(C) 8099/2021,W.P.(C) 8103/2021,W.P.(C) 8114/2021,W.P.(C) 8115/2021,W.P.(C) 8121/2021, W.P.(C) 8127/2021,W.P.(C) 8147/2021 & CM APPL. 25287/2021--Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 8148/2021,W.P.(C) 8455/2021,W.P.(C) 8460/2021,W.P.(C) 8548/2021 & CM APPL. 26440/2021--Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 8551/2021 & CM APPL. 26446/2021--Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 8559/2021 & CM APPL. 26466/2021--Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 8562/2021 & CM APPL. 26474/2021-- Int. Dir,W.P.(C) 8614/2021,W.P.(C) 8650/2021,W.P.(C) 9005/2021,W.P.(C) 9531/2021,W.P.(C) 9537/2021,W.P.(C) 9695/2021,W.P.(C) 9763/2021 & CM APPL. 30098/2021--Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 9957/2021,W.P.(C) 10010/2021 & CM APPL. 30880/2021--Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 10011/2021 & CM APPL. 30882/2021--Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 10012/2021 & CM APPL. 30884/2021--Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 10013/2021 & CM APPL. 30886/2021--Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 10014/2021 & CM APPL. 30888/2021--Int. Dir.,W.P.(C) 10019/2021 & CM APPL. 30927/2021-Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 10020/2021 & CM APPL. 30929/2021-Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 10024/2021 & CM APPL. 30936/2021-Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 10064/2021 & CM APPL. 31067/2021-Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 10065/2021 & CM APPL.
31069/2021-Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 10105/2021, W.P.(C) 10186/2021& CM APPL. 31434/2021-Int. Dir., CM APPL 31435/2021, W.P.(C) 10277/2021 & CM APPL. 31649/2021-Int. DIR., W.P.(C) 10279/2021 & CM APPL. 31653/2021-Int. DIR., W.P.(C) 10280/2021 & CM APPL. 31655/2021-Int. DIR. W.P.(C) 10284/2021, W.P.(C) 10286/2021 & CM APPL. 31682/2021-Int. Relief, W.P.(C) 10297/2021 & CM APPL. 31703/2021-Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 10298/2021 & CM APPL. 31705/2021-INT. Dir., W.P.(C) 10303/2021 & CM APPL. 31722/2021-INT. Dir., W.P.(C) 10304/2021 & CM APPL. 31724/2021-INT. Dir., W.P.(C) 10305/2021 & CM APPL. 31726/2021-INT. Dir., W.P.(C) 10333/2021, W.P.(C) 10348/2021, W.P.(C) 10350/2021, ,W.P.(C) 10355/2021 & CM APPL. 31868/2021, CM APPL. 31869/2021-Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 10356/2021, W.P.(C) 10361/2021 & CM APPL. 31881/2021-Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 10367/2021 & CM APPL. 31895/2021-Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 10370/2021 & CM APPL. 31901/2021-Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 10395/2021, W.P.(C) 10896/2021, W.P.(C) 10942/2021, CM APPL 33727/2021,CM APPL. 33728/2021, W.P.(C) 10993/2021, W.P.(C) 11053/2021, W.P.(C) 11061/2021, W.P.(C) 11079/2021 & CM APPL. 34153/2021-Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 11087/2021 & CM APPL. 34164/2021-Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 11089/2021 & CM APPL. 34167/2021-Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 11090/2021 & CM APPL. 34169/2021-Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 11092/2021 & CM APPL. 34171/2021-Int. Dir., W.P.(C)11145/2021, W.P.(C) 11385/2021, W.P.(C) 11489/2021, W.P.(C) 11505/2021, W.P.(C) 11512/2021 & CM APPL. 35494/2021-INT. DIR., W.P.(C) 11514/2021 & CM APPL. 35497/2021-INT. DIR., W.P.(C) 11516/2021 & CM APPL. 35501/2021-Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 11518/2021 & CM APPL. 35504/2021-Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 11520/2021 & CM APPL. 35507/2021-INT. DIR., W.P.(C) 11697/2021, W.P.(C) 11700/2021 & CM APPL. 36184/2021-INT. DIR., W.P.(C) 11733/2021 & CM APPL. 36256/2021-INT. DIR., W.P.(C) 11734/2021 & CM APPL. 36258/2021-INT. DIR., W.P.(C) 11736/2021 & CM APPL. 36265/2021-INT. DIR., W.P.(C) 11740/2021 & CM APPL. 36287/2021-INT. DIR., W.P.(C) 11894/2021, W.P.(C) 11895/2021, W.P.(C) 11936/2021, W.P.(C) 11947/2021, W.P.(C) 11948/2021, W.P.(C) 11963/2021, W.P.(C) 12023/2021, W.P.(C) 12034/2021, W.P.(C) 12047/2021 & CM APPL. 37494/2021, W.P.(C)
12341/2021, W.P.(C) 12679/2021, W.P.(C) 12702/2021, W.P.(C) 12722/2021, W.P.(C) 12738/2021, W.P.(C) 12739/2021, W.P.(C) 12864/2021 & CM APPL. 40487/2021, W.P.(C) 13207/2021 & CM APPL. 41702/2021, W.P.(C) 13229/2021 & CM APPL. 41758/2021, W.P.(C) 13236/2021 & CM APPL. 41782/2021, W.P.(C) 13238/2021 & CM APPL. 41785/2021, W.P.(C) 13587/2021 & CM APPL. 42893/2021, W.P.(C) 13588/2021 & CM APPL. 42897/2021, W.P.(C) 13591/2021 & CM APPL. 42909/2021, W.P.(C) 13593/2021 & CM APPL. 42915/2021, W.P.(C) 13595/2021 & CM APPL. 42918/2021, W.P.(C) 13607/2021 & CM APPL. 42956/2021, W.P.(C) 13687/2021, W.P.(C) 13965/2021 & CM APPL. 44047/2021, W.P.(C) 13967/2021 & CM APPL. 44051/2021, W.P.(C) 13969/2021 & CM APPL. 44059/2021, W.P.(C) 14112/2021 & CM APPL. 44530/2021, W.P.(C) 14249/2021, W.P.(C) 14253/2021, W.P.(C) 14255/2021, W.P.(C) 14263/2021, W.P.(C) 14278/2021, W.P.(C) 14279/2021, W.P.(C) 14477/2021 & CM APPL. 45587/2021, W.P.(C) 14478/2021 & CM APPL. 45588/2021, W.P.(C) 14644/2021, W.P.(C) 15081/2021, W.P.(C) 6298/2022 & CM APPL. 18978/2022 -Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 6300/2022 & CM APPL. 18981/2022 -Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 6324/2022 & CM APPL. 19055/2022 -Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 6329/2022 & CM APPL. 19064/2022 -Int. Dir, W.P.(C) 6339/2022 & CM APPL. 19135/2022 -Int. Dir., W.P.(C) 6220/2022 & CM APPL. 18706/2022 -Ex., W.P.(C) 6426/2022, W.P.(C) 6442/2022 & CM APPL.19499/2022, W.P.(C) 6583/2022, W.P.(C) 6592/2022, W.P.(C) 6596/2022, W.P.(C) 6605/2022, W.P.(C) 6712/2022, W.P.(C) 6873/2022, W.P.(C) 10113/2022, W.P.(C) 10114/2022, W.P.(C) 10141/2022, W.P.(C) 10262/2022, W.P.(C)10304/2022W.P.(C) 6128/2022, W.P.(C) 10444/2022, W.P.(C) 10466/2022, W.P.(C) 10559/2022 & CM APPL. 30492/2022 -Int. dir., W.P.(C) 10561/2022 & CM APPL. 30499/2022 -Int. dir., W.P.(C) 10565/2022 & CM APPL. 30544/2022 -Int. dir., W.P.(C) 10967/2022, W.P.(C) 11015/2022, W.P.(C) 11143/2022 & CM APPL. 32720/2022 -Int. dir, W.P.(C) 11190/2022, W.P.(C) 11242/2022, W.P.(C) 11443/2022, W.P.(C) 11538/2022 & CM APPL.34164/2022, W.P.(C) 11543/2022 & CM APPL. 34177/2022, W.P.(C) 11545/2022 & CM APPL. 34180/2022 and W.P.(C)
11590/2022 & CM APPL.34353/2022 MEHTA TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGE ..... Petitioner versus NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION & ANR.
..... Respondents and other connected petitions.
Appearances:
For petitioners:
Mr.Sanjay Sharawat, Mr.Amitesh Kumar, Ms.Binisa Mohanty, Ms.Priti Kumar, Mr. Divyank Rana, Mr.Akash Sahraya, Mr.Ashok Kumar, Mr.Sumit Kishore, Mr.Manmohan Singh Narula, Mr.Sarabjeet Singh, Ms.Somya, Mr.Mayank Manish, Mr.Ravi Kant, Mr.Harsh Chaoudhary, Mr.Narender Singh, Mr.Shaswat Singh, Ms.Arunima Dwivedi, Mr.Ved Prakash, Ms.Ashi Sharma, Ms.Swati Jhunjhunwala, Mr.Abhishek Singh, Ms.Priyanka Madavaram, Mr.Sumit Kishore & Mr.Gaurav Arora, Advs.
For respondents Ms.Aishwarya Bhati, Sr.Adv./ASG with Mr.Govind Manoharan &
Mr.Nakul Rajan, Advs.
Ms.Aakanksha Kaul, Mr.Manek Singh & Mr.Aman Sahani, Advs.
Mr. Jai Sahai Endlaw & Ms.Kartika Sharma, Advs.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE REKHA PALLI REKHA PALLI, J
JUDGMENT
1. The present batch of petitions preferred under Article 226 of the Constitution of India assail the decision of the National Council for Teacher Education (―NCTE‖) refusing to open its online web portal for submission of applications from institutions desirous of seeking recognition of teachers‘ education courses. The petitioners also seek a consequential direction to the respondent NCTE to open its portal and accept and process their applications for the next academic session as per clause 5(6) of the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure) Regulations, 2014 (―Regulations‖) Since the issues raised in these petitions are common, for the sake of convenience, reference is being made only to the facts in W.P.(C) No.
2813/2021.
Brief Factual Matrix:
2. The petitioner is an unaided and self-financed educational institution established by a registered society named ‗Mehta Education Society‘. The respondent No.1/NCTE is a statutory board established under ―The National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993‖ (―the Act‖) for the purpose of achieving planned and co-ordinated development of teacher education system in the country. The respondent no.2/Western Regional Committee (―WRC‖) is one of the four regional committees under the respondent no.1.
3. The petitioner college upon being granted recognition by the Northern Regional Committee (―NRC‖) on 26.03.2015, commenced its B.Ed. course. On 30.05.2016, the petitioner, being desirous of running the integrated course of BA.B.Ed/BSc.B.Ed, submitted an application to the NRC seeking grant of recognition for running the said courses. Upon scrutiny of the petitioner‘s application by the NRC, it was issued a show cause notice on 19.01.2017, the petitioners‘ reply whereto was found unsatisfactory.
Consequently, its application was rejected by the NRC on 28.04.2017.
4. Though, the petitioner could have assailed this rejection order by way of a statutory remedy of appeal before the NCTE, it did not do so and instead chose to wait for the NCTE to invite fresh applications for the next academic session. The respondents, however, did not invite any applications for grant of recognition, and instead issued public notices in the years 2017 and 2018, stating therein that, it would not be accepting any new applications for the academic sessions 2017-18 and 2018-19. The position remained the same in the next four years, except in 2019, when applications for one programme, namely the ‗Four-year Integrated Teacher Education Programme (Pre-Primary to Primary and Upper Primary to Secondary‘ (―integrated programme‖) from some states were invited, but even these applications were subsequently not processed. It is in these circumstances that the petitioners, who have not been able to submit any application for any new course during the last six years, i.e. after 2016, have approached this Court seeking a writ of mandamus directing the respondent no.1 to open the portal and accept online applications sought to be submitted to them under clause 5(5) of the National Council for Teacher Education (Recognition Norms and Procedure) Regulations, 2014 (―the Regulations‖) for grant of recognition for running B.A.B.E.d/ B.Sc.B.E.d course in the academic session 2022-23. The petitioner in W.P.(C) No. 2813/2021 has also sought quashing of the rejection order dated 25.04.2017 vide which its application seeking grant of recognition for B.A.B.E.d/ B.Sc.B.E.d was rejected on 30.05.2016.
Submissions of the Petitioners:
5. At the outset, Mr. Sanjay Sharawat, learned counsel for the petitioners, submits that every institution offering or intending to offer a course or training in teacher education, is in terms of Section 14 of the Act, required to make an application for grant of recognition to the concerned regional committee in such form or manner as may be prescribed under the Regulations. The Regulations framed under Section 32 of the Act prescribe that, institutions desirous of submitting applications for seeking reco
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