IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD HON’BLE Mr. JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No.1009 of 2006 Dated: April 4, 2006 Between: Christian College of Education for Women, sponsored by God’s Foundation Nursing, Education Society, rep. by its General Secretary, BVMS Rama Raju, S/o. B. Thimmaraju, Director’s Colony, Kurnool. … Petitioner And The Southern Regional Committee, National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) Bangalore, and two others. … Respondents Order: This Writ Petition has been filed seeking Mandamus declaring the action of the second and third respondents in not considering the application of the petitioner society and a consequential direction is also sought to direct the first respondent to appoint inspection team to inspect the proposed college of the petitioner. 2. The petitioner made an application to the first respondent, the Southern Regional Committee, National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) seeking permission to establish a college for imparting B.Ed. course. Right from the year 1998, efforts were being made and in view of the rule position as on that date, the petitioner college is said to have made hectic efforts to obtain ‘No Objection’ certificate from the State Government to establish a B.Ed. college. However, in the meanwhile, the first respondent authority has notified, inviting applications as per the modified regulations, wherein ‘No Objection’ certificate is not required to be obtained from the State Government before considering the application for grant of permission to establish a B.Ed. college. The only grievance of the petitioner is that though it had submitted an application dated 02-01-2006, inspection team has not been constituted for inspecting its college. 3. In this case, it is to be noticed that the petitioner submitted an application on 02- 01-2006 and filed this Writ Petition on 17-01-2006 in a posthaste manner. There is absolutely no scope to allege delay on the part of the respondents. However, the fact remains that the petitioner submitted its application in response to the notification issued by the first respondent. Hence, I dispose of the Writ Petition directing the respondents to consider the representation of the petitioner in accordance with the provisions of the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 and the regulations made thereunder, and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, and accord permission to it if it satisfies the criterion for establishment of such college. 4. The Writ Petition is disposed of with the above observations. No order as to costs. ____________________________ JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY. April 4, 2006 MRR