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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

+ W.P.(C) 14579/2025 and CM APPL. 59829/2025

AL-MEEZAN EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS B.ED.

COLLEGE .....Petitioner

Through: Mr. Sanjay Sharawat, Senior

Advocate with Mr. Mayank Manish, Mr. Ravi

Kant, Mr. Vineet Upadhyay, Mr. Jayant Dubey

and Mr. Ayush Aanand, Advocates.

versus

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION

AND ANR .....Respondents

Through: Mr. Hardik Rupal and Ms. Aishwarya

Malhotra, Advocates for NCTE.

CORAM:

HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI SINGH

O R D E R

% 23.12.2025

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 the impugned Withdrawal Order dated 30.12.2021 issued

by Respondent No.2 withdrawing recognition of Petitioner Institution’s

B.Ed. Course; on the wrong observations; and

(b) quashing of Appeal Order dated 20.08.2025 issued by Respondent

No.1 thereby rejecting the petitioner’s Statutory Appeal and confirming

the aforesaid Withdrawal Order dated 30.12.2021; without considering

the same on merits; and

(c) direction to Respondent No.2 to issue the Restoration Order thereby

restoring recognition of the Petitioner’s B.Ed. Course so as to enable the

Petitioner to enjoy status of being a recognized institution with all

consequent benefits; and

(d) direction to Respondent No.2 to communicate the recognized status of

Petitioner Institution to the State Department of Higher Education and the

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concerned Affiliating Body of Petitioner Institution for Affiliation &

Counseling purpose w.r.t. present Academic Session.”

2. Petitioner institute was granted recognition by Southern Regional

Committee (‘SRC’) vide order dated 21.12.2005 for running B.Ed course

with annual intake of 100 seats. Pursuant to NCTE (Recognition Norms and

Procedures) Regulations, 2014 duration of B.Ed course was increased to two

years and accordingly, revised recognition order was issued by SRC on

16.05.2015 for conducting the course for academic session 2015-16 and

since then Petitioner has been functioning successfully. Without any basis,

SRC issued final show cause notice dated 20.09.2020, in response to which

Petitioner submitted its compliance vide letter dated 02.11.2020 and

thereafter, nothing was heard from SRC and institute continued to run

uninterruptedly till academic session 2024-25. It was only when the staff of

institution visited the affiliating university i.e., Karnataka University on

16.04.2025 for some administrative work, they were informed orally that the

recognition was withdrawn and hence, this writ petition was filed.

3. Mr. Sanjay Sharawat, learned Senior Counsel for the Petitioner

submits that impugned withdrawal order dated 30.12.2021 was never

communicated to the Petitioner or to the affiliating university and cannot be

enforced against the Petitioner. He further submits that owing to the non-

communication, Petitioner has been admitting students in the last 4 years

and at this stage, if the withdrawal order is given effect to, it will have an

adverse effect on the careers of the students undergoing the course. It is also

urged that there are serious discrepancies in the deficiencies/shortcomings

mentioned by SRC in the first show cause notice, final show cause notice,

withdrawal order and the appellate order and it is settled law that withdrawal

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order cannot be passed on grounds extraneous to show cause notice and

similarly, appellate order cannot point out deficiencies not mentioned in the

withdrawal order/show cau