CWP-864/2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR. *** SB CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.864/2010 Gurukul Teachers Training College, Rajgarh, Alwar Versus. The National Council for Teachers Education DATE OF ORDER : 05/04/2010 HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY RASTOGI *** Dr. PC Jain, for petitioner. Instant writ petition has been filed against the order of refusal to grant recognition by the National Council of Teachers Education (NCTE) vide order dated 05/11/2008. It appears that the order impugned was placed by the NCTE on record alongwith its reply to the earlier writ petition preferred by the petitioner CWP-12120/2008 which was decided on 24/11/2009 and while rejecting the application for grant of recognition, it was observed that if the petitioner is aggrieved by the order of the Regional Director, can preferred appeal to the NCTE in terms of Section 18 of the NCTE Act, 1993 within sixty days. Counsel submits that the copy of the order impugned itself was made available to the petitioner alongwith reply filed by the NCTE to the earlier writ petition but there is no communication made to the petitioner of the order which is impugned and in such CWP-864/2009 2 circumstances, the appeal could not be preferred and since the period of limitation has now expired and if the appeal is preferred by the petitioner, the respondents will not consider the appeal on merits which may cause prejudice to the petitioner. Without going into the merits of the matter and taking into consideration the material which has been placed on record, this Court considers it appropriate to direct that if any appeal is preferred by the petitioner under Section 18 of the NCTE Act, 1993, within a period of one month from today, the Appellate Authority may decide the same on merits treating within limitation in accordance with law within a period of three months thereafter. With these directions, the writ petition stands disposed of. [AJAY RASTOGI], J. Raghu/p.2/ 864-CW-2009-final.doc