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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

+ W.P.(C) 15781/2025 & CM APPL. 64658/2025

DR. RAM MANOHAR LOHIYA MAHAVIDYALAYA.....Petitioner

Through: Mr. Sanjay Sharawat, Senior

Advocate with Mr. Mayank Manish, Mr. Ravi

Kant, Mr. Vineet Upadhyay, Mr. Jayant Dubey

and Mr. Ayush Anand, Advocates.

versus

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION

AND ANR .....Respondents

Through: Mr. Mohinder J.S. Rupal, Mr. Hardik

Rupal, Ms. Aishwarya Malhotra and Ms. Tripta

Sharma, Advocates for NCTE.

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+ W.P.(C) 18353/2025 & CM APPL. 76934/2025

JAMUNA PRASAD MEMORIAL COLLEGE .....Petitioner

Through: Mr. Sanjay Sharawat, Senior

Advocate with Mr. Abhishek Singh, Mr. Karan

Chaudhary and Mr. Ayush Anand, Advocates.

versus

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION & ANR.

.....Respondent

Through: Mr. Mohinder J.S. Rupal, Mr. Hardik

Rupal, Ms. Aishwarya Malhotra and Ms. Tripta

Sharma, Advocates for NCTE.

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+ W.P.(C) 18679/2025 & CM APPL. 77616/2025

JAMUNA PRASAD MEMORIAL COLLEGE ....Petitioner

Through: Mr. Sanjay Sharawat, Senior

Advocate with Mr. Abhishek Singh, Mr. Karan

Chaudhary and Mr. Ayush Anand, Advocates.

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versus

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION & ANR.

.....Respondents

Through: Mr. Mohinder J.S. Rupal, Mr. Hardik

Rupal, Ms. Aishwarya Malhotra and Ms. Tripta

Sharma, Advocates for NCTE.

CORAM:

HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI SINGH

O R D E R

% 24.12.2025

W.P.(C) 15781/2025

1. This writ petition is filed on behalf of the Petitioner under Article 226

of the Constitution of India seeking the following reliefs:-

“(a) quashing of withdrawal order dated 10.09.2025 issued by the

Respondent No.2, withdrawing recognition of the B.Ed. & D.El.Ed.

courses of petitioner institution, in an arbitrary and illegal manner; and

(b) direction to respondent no.2 to issue order of restoration, thereby

restoring recognition of B.Ed. & D.El.Ed. courses of the petitioner

institution with all the benefits of being a recognised institute; and

(c) consequent direction to respondent no.2 to update its website by

displaying the recognised status of petitioner institution in respect of its

B.Ed. and D.El.Ed. courses and communicate the same to its affiliating

body and the state department of higher education; enabling the petitioner

to participate in ongoing counselling and admission process.”

2. Petitioner’s case, as set out in the petition is that vide order dated

01.02.2016, Northern Regional Committee (‘NRC’) granted recognition to

the Petitioner institute for running B.Ed. course with an annual intake of 50

seats (1 unit) for academic session 2016-17. By order dated 03.03.2016,

recognition was granted for running D.El.Ed. course with an annual intake

of 50 seats (1 unit) for the same academic year. NRC issued Corrigendum

dated 10.02.2017 stating therein that approved annual intake mentioned in

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recognition order dated 03.03.2016 in respect of the Petitioner institution be

read as 100 seats (2 units) in place of 50 seats (1 unit).

3. It is stated in the writ petition that before Petitioner could obtain

affiliation from affiliating authority for additional intake, Additional Chief

Secretary, Government of UP issued a letter dated 24.08.2018 conveying

that D.El.Ed. institution were no more required in the State for the next 5

years and hence, Petitioner admitted students in B.Ed. and D.El.Ed. courses

in accordance with the intake capacity originally sanctioned and no student

was admitted in D.El.Ed. against additional intake pursuant to Corrigendum

dated 10.02.2017. At