IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD HON’BLE Mr. JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No.24589 of 2006 Dated: December 06, 2006 Between: Andhra Pradesh Girijana Sevak Sangh, Regd. No. 22/1986, Nandigama, Krishna District, Rep. By its Secretary Mr. M.K. Tirupathi Rao and two others. … Petitioners And National Council for Teachers Education, rep. by its Regional Director, Southern Regional Committee, NCTE, 1st floor, CSD Building, HMT Post, Bangalore, and two others. … Respondents Order: This Writ Petition has been filed seeking Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not granting recognition for establishing a College of Education at Vijayawada, Krishna District, as illegal and arbitrary and a consequential direction to the first respondent to grant recognition to start a College of Education. 2. The first petitioner-society with intent to start a College of Education sought permission from the first respondent, a statutory body constituted under the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 (‘the Act’ for brevity) to establish the second petitioner- college. A representation dated 21-03-2005 was made by the first petitioner in that regard. Thereafter, the first respondent addressed letter dated 12-05-2006 to the petitioners pointing out some deficiencies and granted time to the petitioners to make good of the said deficiencies. The first respondent has also addressed letter dated 01-11-2006 to the second respondent soliciting its views as per regulation 7(2)(IV) of the regulations with regard to recognition norms and procedures, while enclosing the application submitted by the petitioners. 3. The grievance of the petitioners is that though permission was being sought from the last academic year, no permission has been granted yet. 4. It is to be seen that the first respondent has addressed letter to the second respondent only on 01-11-2006. Even as per the regulations framed in this regard, the second respondent has got sixty days time, from the date of receipt of the letter addressed by the first respondent, to furnish its recommendations. 5. In the circumstances, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the Writ Petition directing the second respondent to furnish its recommendations, pursuant to the letter dated 01-11-2006 issued by the first respondent, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of this order. Basing on such recommendations, it is open for the first respondent to take appropriate decision on the application filed by the petitioners after making necessary inspection. 6. Subject to the above directions, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. __________________________ JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY. December 06, 2006 MRR