IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 13977 of 2009 Between: Margadarshi College of Education Rep. by its Correspondent, Mr. T. Ravindra Rao, Shanthi Nagar, Mahabubabad, Warangal District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government of Andhra Pradesh Rep. by its Principal Secretary School Education Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 National Council for Teacher Education Rep. by its Regional Director Southern Regional Committee, I Floor, CSD Building, H.M.T. Post, Bangalore - 560 031. 3 National Council for Teacher Education Rep. by its Member Secretary Hans Bhavan, Wing - II, 1, Bahadur Shah, Zafar Marg (Near ITO), New Delhi - 110 002. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ, Order or Direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the 3rd respondent in not disposing the appeal preferred by the petitioner dt. 13- 5-2009 against the order passed by the 2nd respondent vide F.SRO/NCTE/AP/2008-09/11522 dt. 8-4-2009 as being illegal, arbitrary and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the 3rd respondent to dispose of the appeal preferred by the petitioner dt. 13-5-2009 against the order passed by the 2nd respondent vide F.SRO/NCTE/AP/2008-09/11522 dt. 8-4-2009, and to grant such other relief or reliefs as this Hon'ble Court deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.V.KISHORE Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR SCHOOL EDUCATION The Court made the following : ORDER: The petitioner herein is College of Education which was granted recognition by the second respondent National Council for Teacher Education by order dated 04.04.2001. However, by order dated 08.04.2009 passed by the second respondent the recognition accorded to the petitioner was withdrawn. Aggrieved by the same, the petitioner preferred an appeal before the third respondent-National Council for Teacher Education under Section 18 of National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993. Aggrieved by the in action on the part of third respondent in considering the petitioner’s appeal, this writ petition is filed. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri B.Adinarayana Rao, learned counsel appearing for respondent Nos. 2 and 3. Having regard to the fact the statutory appeal is pending before the third respondent, without going into the merits of the case, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the third respondent to dispose of the petitioner’s appeal dated 13.05.2009 preferred against the order of the second respondent dated 08.04.2009 and pass appropriate order in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No order as to costs. _______________ G.ROHINI,J July 14, 2009. Ivd/Gbs Note. CC in 2 days. (B/o) Ivd