94wp4440.09.odt 1 . IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR Writ Petition No.4440 of 2009 ( Shri Datta Guru College of Education (D.Ed.) Khadki (BU) .vs. Western Regional Committee of NCTE Manas Bhawan) Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Court's or Judge's orders Coram: D. D. Sinha and F. M. Reis, JJ. Date : 09/04/2010. Heard Mr. P. S. Wathore, Adv. for petitioner and Mr.C.S.Kaptan, Adv. for respondent. This petition is directed against the communication dt. 19.05.2009 issued by the Regional Director of the National Council for Teacher Education (for short N.C.T.E.) whereby the petitioner is informed that its application dated 9/1/2007 for grant of recognition for D.Ed. course shall not be processed further. It is brought to the notice of this Court that, in the identical situation, the Division Bench at the Principal Seat of the Bombay High Court at Bombay vide order dated 25th August, 2009 passed in Writ Petition No.5923/2009 in the case of Netaji Shikshan Prasarak Mandal vs. National Council for Teachers and others directed the N.C.T.E. to consider the application submitted by the petitioner in the said petition for 94wp4440.09.odt 2 . grant of recognition on merits and in accordance with law. This fact is not disputed by Mr.C.S. Kaptan, learned Counsel appearing for the respondent. Learned Counsel appearing for the parties agree that the present petition can be disposed of accordingly. In the circumstances, we dispose of the present writ petition with a direction to the respondent to consider the application of petitioner dt. 9.1.2007 on its own merits and in accordance with law, within a period of six weeks from the date of communication of the copy of this order. JUDGE JUDGE jais