1 wp3943.09.odt FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET No. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH AT NAGPUR Writ Petition No.3943/2009 ( Sarvodaya Mahila Mandal, Chandrapur ..V/s.. The National Council for Teachers Education + 2 ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's orders of directions and Registrar's orders - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mr. F.T. Mirza, counsel for petitioner. Mr. C.S. Kaptan, counsel for respondent nos.1 and 2. Mr. P.D. Kothari, A.G.P. for respondent no.3. CORAM : D.D. SINHA & F.M. REIS JJ. DATE : 30 th NOVEMBER , 2009 . Heard Mr. Mirza learned counsel for petitioner, Mr. Kaptan learned counsel for respondent nos.1 and 2 and Mr. Kothari learned A.G.P. for respondent no.3. Writ petition is directed against the communication dated 7/4/2009 issued by the Regional Director of the National Council for Teachers Education (for short N.C.T.E.) whereby the petitioner no.2 is informed that its application dated 4/12/2006 for grant of recognition for B.Ed. course shall not be processed further. 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 25th August 2009 passed in 2 wp3943.09.odt Writ Petition No.5923/2009 in case of Netaji Shikshan Prasarak Mandal V/s. National Council for Teachers and others directed the N.C.T.E. to consider the application submitted by petitioner in the said petition for grant of recognition on merits and in accordance with law. This fact is not disputed by Mr. Kaptan, learned counsel appearing for respondent nos.1 and 2. 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 direction to respondent no.2 to consider the application of petitioner dated 4/12/2006 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 Tambaskar.