1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO.4709 OF 2009 (Gram Vikas Sanstha vs. State and others) __________________________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. CORAM : D.D. SINHA AND F.M.REIS, JJ. DATED : DECEMBER 1, 2009 Heard Shri Lambat, learned Counsel for the petitioner, Shri Patel, learned Assistant Government Pleader for the respondent nos. 1 and 3, and Shri Kaptan, learned Counsel for the respondent no.2. The petition is directed against the order dated 14.4.2009 issued by the Regional Director of the National Council for Teacher Education whereby petitioner was informed that its application dated 26/29.12.2006 for grant of recognition for B.Ed. Course shall not be processed further as well as order dated 7.8.2009 passed by the appellate Authority whereby appeal of the petitioner came to be rejected. 2 It is brought to the notice of this Court that in identical situation, the Division Bench at principal seat of Bombay High Court at Bombay vide order dated 25.8.2009 passed in Writ Petition No.5923/2009 in case of Netaji Shikshan Prasarak Mandal vs. National Council for Teacher Education and others directed the N.C.T.E. to consider the application submitted by the petitioner in the said petition for grant of recognition, on merits and in accordance with law. This fact is not disputed by Shri Kaptan, learned Counsel appearing for respondent no.2. The learned Counsel appearing for the parties agree that the present petition can be disposed of in terms of the said order. In the circumstances, we dispose of the present petition with direction to respondent no.2 to consider the application of the petitioner dated 26/29.12.2006 on its own merits and in accordance with law within a period of six weeks from the date of communication of this order. JUDGE JUDGE khj 3