THE PRINCIPAL, VAISH COLLEGE OF EDUCATION vs NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION AND ANR.

$~62 to 68
* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
+ W.P.(C) 2929/2023 and CM APPL. 11430/2023
SKS COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ….. Petitioner
Through: Mr. Sanjay Sharawat and Mr. Ashok Kumar, Advs.

versus

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER
EDUCATION & ORS. ….. Respondents
Through: Mr. Akhilesh K Srivastava Panel Counsel for NCTE
Mr. Lokesh Singhal, Sr. AAG with Ms. Noopur Singhal, Adv. for R-3

+ W.P.(C) 2950/2023 and CM APPL. 11504/2023
SHRI GURU RAM DAS
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION ….. Petitioner
Through: Mr. Sanjay Sharawat and Mr. Ashok Kumar, Advs.

versus

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER
EDUCATION & ORS. ….. Respondents
Through: Mr. Akhilesh K Srivastava
Panel Counsel for NCTE
Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Sr. AAG with Ms. Noopur Singhal, Adv. for R-3

+ W.P.(C) 2954/2023 and CM APPL. 11509/2023
SARDAR AJIT SINGH
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ….. Petitioner
Through: Mr. Sanjay Sharawat and Mr. Ashok Kumar, Advs.

versus

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR
TEACHER EDUCATION & ORS. ….. Respondents
Through: Mr. Akhilesh K Srivastava Panel Counsel for NCTE
Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Sr. AAG with Ms. Noopur Singhal, Adv. for R-3

+ W.P.(C) 5833/2023 and CM APPL. 22859/2023
HARYANA SELF FINANCED
PRIVATE COLLEGES ASSOCIATION ….. Petitioner
Through: Mr. Amitesh Kumar, Ms. Priti Kumari and Mr. Marinal Kishor, Advs.

versus

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER
EDUCATION & ANR. ….. Respondents
Through: Mr. Akhilesh K Srivastava Panel Counsel for NCTE

+ W.P.(C) 646/2024 and CM APPL. 2932/2024 & CM APPL. 4025/2024

THE PRINCIPAL, VAISH COLLEGE
OF EDUCATION ….. Petitioner
Through: Mr. Yogesh Kumar Mathur, Adv.

versus

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER
EDUCATION & ANR. ….. Respondents
Through: Mr. Akhilesh K Srivastava
Panel Counsel for NCTE

+ W.P.(C) 7313/2023 and CM APPL. 28452/2023
ASSOCIATION OF NCTE APPROVED
COLLEGES TRUST ….. Petitioner
Through: Mr. Abhishek Singh and Ms. Priyanka Madavaram, Advs.

versus

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION THROUGH ITS CHAIRPERSON & ANR. ….. Respondents
Through: Mr. Akhilesh K Srivastava
Panel Counsel for NCTE

+ W.P.(C) 9566/2023 and CM APPL. 36610/2023
ASSOCIATION OF SELF FINANCED
COLLEGES OF EDUCATION HARYANA ….. Petitioner
Through: Mr. Amitesh Kumar, Ms. Priti Kumari and Mr. Marinal Kishor, Advs.

versus

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER
EDUCATION & ANR. ….. Respondents
Through: Mr. Akhilesh K Srivastava
Panel Counsel for NCTE
CORAM:
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.HARI SHANKAR
JUDGMENT (ORAL)
% 20.05.2024

W.P.(C) 2929/2023, W.P.(C) 2950/2023, W.P.(C) 2954/2023, W.P.(C) 5833/2023, W.P.(C) 646/2024, W.P.(C) 7313/2023 and W.P.(C) 9566/2023

1. These writ petitions are directed against the decision taken by the Northern Regional Committee of the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) in its 395th meeting on 2 and 3 March 2023.

2. A reading of the said minutes reveal that they were issued on the basis of letter No. 6/8-2016/DIET (2) dated 7 November 2022 issued by the Additional Chief Secretary of the Government of Haryana, School Education Department.

3. Learned Counsel for the parties are ad idem that the said letter stands quashed by the Division Bench of the High Court of Punjab & Haryana by judgment dated 22 February 2024 in CWP 20342/2023 in Haryana Self-Finance Private Colleges Association v. The State Council of Educational Research & Training (SCERT) Haryana and Others.

4. In that view of the matter, the very basis of the decision taken in the impugned minutes of the 395th meeting of the Northern Regional Committee of the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) held on 2 and 3 March 2023 stands effaced.

5. Accordingly, the said decision is quashed and set aside with consequential relief to the petitioners.

6. These writ petitions stand allowed in the aforesaid terms, with no order as to costs.

CM APPL. 11430/2023 in W.P.(C) 2929/2023
CM APPL. 11504/2023 in W.P.(C) 2950/2023
CM APPL. 11509/2023 in W.P.(C) 2954/2023
CM APPL. 22859/2023 in W.P.(C) 5833/2023
CM APPL. 2932/2024 & CM APPL. 4025/2024 in W.P.(C) 646/2024
CM APPL. 28452/2023 in W.P.(C) 7313/2023
CM APPL. 36610/2023 in W.P.(C) 9566/2023

7. These applications do not survive for consideration and stand disposed of.

C.HARI SHANKAR, J
MAY 20, 2024
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