0412wp5269.09.odt 1/2 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO. 5269 OF 2009 (NATIONAL EDUDCATION SOCIETY, BHIVAPUR VS. THE UNION OF INDIA & 3 OTHERS) Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Court's or Judge's orders Mr. K. R. Lambat, Advocate for the petitioner. Mrs. B. H. Dangre, Addl. G. P. for respondent No. 2. Mr. C. S. Kaptan, Adv. for respondents No. 3 & 4. CORAM: D. D. SINHA & F. M. REIS, JJ. DATED : 04th DECEMBER, 2009. Learned Counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the writ petition is directed against impugned order dated 25/5/2009 issued by the National Council for teacher Education, Bhopal. It is contended that the issue involved in the present petition is identical to one involved in writ petition No. 3943 of 2009 (Sarvodaya Mahila Mandal, Chandrapur Vs. The National Council for Teachers Education & others) which is disposed of by this Court vide order dated 30/11/2009. Learned Counsel for the petitioner, therefore, prayed that the present petition may kindly be disposed of in terms of the said order. We direct Mr. Kaptan, learned Counsel to accept notice on behalf of respondent-N.C.T.E., who, after verifying the facts of the petition, does not dispute that the issue is 0412wp5269.09.odt 2/2 identical to one involved in writ petition No. 3943 of 2009. In the backdrop of the above referred facts, the present petition is disposed of in terms of the said order which reads thus: “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 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 wwl