201 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANAAT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: January 14, 2025 Association of NCTE approved Colleges Trust ….Petitioner versus State of Haryana and others ….Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SHEEL NAGU, CHIEF JUSTICE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH Present:- Mr. H.S. Hooda, Advocate for the petitioner.

Dr. Satya Vir Arya, National President of petitioner-Association in person (through video-conferencing).

Mr. Naveen S. Bhardwaj, Additional AG Haryana.

Mr. Kuldeep Sheoran, Advocate, Mr. Nishant Hooda, Advocate, Mr. Tanvir, Advocate and Mr. Arun Khatri, Advocate for respondents No.3 and 6.

Mr. Prateek Mahajan, Advocate for respondent No.4.

Mr. Amit Rao, Advocate and Mr. Akshay Panghal, Advocate for Mr. Anurag Goyal, Advocate for respondent No.5.

Mr. Puneet Gupta, Advocate and Mr. Ravindra Singh, Advocate for respondent No.7.

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SHEEL NAGU, CHIEF JUSTICE (ORAL)

The present petition has been filed by an Association of Colleges which has been approved by the National Council for Teacher Education (for short ‘NCTE’) and has sought following reliefs:-

“Civil Writ Petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature o