IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 12th DAY OF DECEMBER 2017 BEFORE THE HON'BLE Mrs.JUSTICE B.V.NAGARATHNA WRIT PETITION NO.55240/2017 (EDN-EX) BETWEEN SUNITHA MAHILA GURUKUL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, NO.2, NH KHB, HOOTAGALLY MYSURU-500 018 REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY SMT.C.PANKAJAKSHI.
... PETITIONER (BY SRI NANJA REDDY P N, ADVOCATE) AND 1. NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION SOUTHERN REGIONAL COMMITTEE, REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR, HANS BHAVAN (WING-II) NO.1, BAHADHUR SHA ZAFAR MARG, NEW DELHI-110 002.
2. NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION SOUTHERN REGIONAL COMMITTEE, REPRESENTED BY ITS REGIONAL DIRECTOR, NAGARABHAVI, JNANA BHARATHI CAMPUS ROAD, OPP. NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL, BENGALURU-560 072.
3. THE MYSURU UNIVERSITY REPRESENTED BY ITS REGISTRAR MYSURU-500 102.
... RESPONDENTS (BY SRI BASAVARAJ V.SABARAD, ADV. FOR R1 AND R2 SRI T.P.RAJENDRA KUMAR SUNGAY, ADV. FOR R3) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECT R-1 TO DISPOSE OF THE APPEAL FILED BY THE PETITIONER AT ANNEX-L AS DIRECTED BY THIS HON'BLE COURT IN W.P.28415/2017 DATED 12.7.2017 AND CONSIDER THE CASE OF THE PETITIONER FOR GRANT AND RESTORATION OF RECOGNITION GRANTED EARLIER AND RENEWAL OF AFFILIATION OF THE PETITIONER - INSTITUTION FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2017-18 TO THE B.ED., COURSE AND GRANT ALL THE CONSEQUENTIAL BENEFITS AND ETC.
THIS PETITION COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY THE COURT PASSED THE FOLLOWING :
ORDER Petitioner is an Educational Institution running B.Ed Course, under the provisions of the National Council of Teacher Education Act, 1993 (hereinafter referred to as ‘NCTE Act’ for the sake of brevity).
2. Petitioner has sought a direction to the respondent No.1 to dispose of the appeal filed by the petitioner, the details of which are at Annexure ‘L’ to the writ petition, which has been filed pursuant to liberty reserved by this Court in W.P.No.28415/2017 and connected matters disposed of on 10.07.2017.
3. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the said appeal has been filed seeking restoration of recognition which was granted earlier and for renewal of affiliation of the petitioner-Institution for the academic year 2017-2018 for B.Ed. Course being conducted by the petitioner-Institution.
4. He further submits that on account of the delay in the disposal of the appeal, the petitioner-Institution has been unable to make admissions for the current academic year.
5. Learned Counsel for first and second respondents would submit that the appeal would be disposed of in accordance with law and if a direction is to be issued by this Court, the same would be complied with.
6. In the circumstances, the first respondent-authority is directed to dispose of the appeal filed by the petitioner- Institution, in an expeditious manner and in accordance with law within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.
With the aforesaid observations and directions, the writ petition is disposed.
Sd/- JUDGE JT/-