HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CWP No.7177 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: 22.11.2011 **** Ritu & Ors. . . . . Petitioners VS. Board of School Education, Bhiwani & Ors. . . . . Respondents **** CORAM : HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT **** 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? **** Present: Mr. Vijay Kumar Jindal, Advocate for the petitioner(s) Mr. GPS Bal, Advocate for respondent-Board ***** SURYA KANT, J. (ORAL) (1). This order shall dispose of CWP Nos.7177, 7198, 7871 & 7885 of 2011 as common issues are involved in these cases. For brevity, the facts are being extracted from CWP No.7177 of 2011. (2). The petitioners got admission in Diploma in Education (D.Ed.) in the Academic sessions 2010-2012 in the “CPT College of Education, Village Mehrana, Gohana Road, Panipat”. They were though issued admission cards along with roll numbers to appear in the examination but their result has been withheld by the Board of School Education, Haryana on the plea that no such college, namely, “CPT College of Education” exists. On an independent inspection CWP No.7177 of 2011.doc - 2 – carried out under the orders of this Court also, it was found that a non-existent college had been ‘recognized’ and granted ‘affiliation’ by NCTE. (3). It further appears that the petitioner-students have thereafter been shifted to some other recognized Institute (s). That being so, there can be no legal impediment in declaring their result. (4). The writ petition(s) is/are accordingly disposed of with a direction to the Board that subject to verification of the factum of petitioners having been shifted to some other recognized College(s), if so required, their result be declared within one month from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. (5). However, the manner in which ‘CPT College of Education’ played fraud with the students or the Board, apparently in connivance with the officials of NCTE, cannot be overlooked. With a view to prevent such like occurrences of fraud and exploitation of gullible students by the fake institutions who get ‘recognition’ for extraneous considerations, it is directed that the Board of School Education, Bhiwani, Haryana shall be entitled to hold its own independent inspection/enquiry and refuse ‘affiliation’ to fake and/or non-existent institutions. The statutory status of NCTE, in a case where the institution(s) is found CWP No.7177 of 2011.doc - 3 – to be non-existent or lacking even basic infrastructure, shall not come in the way of Board to deny affiliation. (6). With these directions and observations, the writ petition(s) stand disposed of. (7). Dasti . 22.11.2011 vishal shonkar (S u r y a K a n t) Judge