IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.11313 of 2009 SWAMI DAYA NAND ARYA PRIMARY TEACHERS TRAINING COLLEGE AT BIKRAM , PATNA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY RAM NARAYAN SINGH, SON OF LATE NOONU SINGH, AT P.O. GORAKHANI, POLICE STATION VIKRAM, DISTRICT PATNA----PETITIONER. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR. 2. COMMISSIONER-CUM-SECRETARY, HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, GOVT. OF BIHAR, NEW SECRETARIAT, PATNA. 3. DIRECTOR, RESEARCH AND TRAINING, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, GOVT. OF BIHAR, NEW SECRETARIAT, PATNA. 4. CHAIRMAN, BIHAR SCHOOL EXAMINATION BOARD, PATNA. 5. SECRETARY, BIHAR SCHOOL EXAMINATION BOARD, PATNA----RESPONDENTS. For the Petitioner : Mr. Rajendra Sharma, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Ajay Kumar Singh, Advocate. For the B.S.E.B. : Mr. Sunil Kumar Mandal, Advocate. ----------- 02. 03.09.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. Petitioner is the Secretary of Swami Daya Nand Arya Primary Teachers Training College at Bikram, Patna(hereinafter referred to as “the College”). He has filed this writ application for a direction to the Bihar School Examination Board(hereinafter referred to as “the Board”) to declare the result of primary teachers training examination of the students of the College for the Sessions 1986-88, 1997-89 and 1988-90 for which the examination was held by the Board in the year, 1991 i.e. prior to the coming into force of the National Council for Teachers Education(NCTE) Act. It appears from the order of this Court dated 21.5.2009 passed in C.W.J.C. No. 13506 of 2002, Annexure-10 that the prayer of the College for grant of recognition was considered by the Secretary, Primary Education and Adult Education, Government of Bihar and rejected under order dated 4.10.2005. 3. In the circumstances, it is evident that the College at the relevant time was not recognized by the authorities of the State - 2 - Government, ought not to have admitted the students for prosecuting studies for the Sessions 1986-88, 1997-89 and 1988-90. As the College had no recognition from the competent authority of the State Government, prayer of the petitioner to declare the result of the students of the College who were admitted without recognition from the competent authority and the examination was held in the year 1991 cannot be allowed and this writ application is dismissed on merits as also on the ground of laches as prayer to declare the result is being made after 18 years of the holding of the examination. Rajesh/ (V.N.Sinha, J.)