IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1763 of 2008 (M/S) College of Education Roorkee, Village Shantar Shah, District Haridwar Through its Secretary. ……. Petitioner Versus 1. Uttarakhand State Universities, Dehradun through Secretary to the Hon’ble Governor/ Chancellor. 2. State of Uttarakhand, through its Secretary, Higher Education, Govt. of Uttarakhand. 3. H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar (Garhwal) Through its Registrar. …….. Respondents Mr. Ajay Veer Pundir, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Gopal Narain, Brief Holder for respondents No. 1 & 2. Mr. J.P. Joshi, Advocate for respondent No. 3 (University). Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2) By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has sought writ in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to grant affiliation to the petitioner college for 100 seats in B.Ed. course. 3) None of the respondents have filed their counter affidavit even after opportunity being given. 4) It is argued on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner college is run and managed by Sri Radhey Lal Memorial Trust, Shantar Shah, Haridwar. A certificate of registration as a Trust is annexed as Annexure –1 to the writ petition. It is pleaded in the writ petition that State of Uttarakhand vide letter dated 24.12.2004 (copy Annexure –2 to the writ petition) granted no objection certificate to the petitioner to start B.Ed. course for the year 2005-06. It is further submitted on behalf of the petitioner that National Council for Teacher Education (N.C.T.E.) has issued recognition to the petitioner to run the B.Ed. course vide its letter dated 29.11.2007. Relying on the principle of law laid down in State of Maharashtra Vs. Sant Dnyaneshwar Shikshan Shastra Mahavidyalaya and others; (2006) 9 Supreme Court Cases 1, it is contended that the respondent authorities should grant affiliation to the petitioner institute. 5) Perusal of the letter dated 15.05.2008 (copy Annexure –6 to the writ petition) issued by the H.N.B. Garhwal University (respondent No. 3) shows that the University has granted approval for selection of the faculty for B.Ed. course. Learned counsel for the University stated that the University Inspection Report is already under consideration with the Chancellor. 6) In the above circumstances, this writ petition is summarily disposed of with the direction that the Chancellor of the University shall take a decision in the matter, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of two months, from the date certified copy of this order is produced before such authority. (Interim Relief Application No. 6561 of 2008 also stands disposed of). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) Dt. November 03, 2008. H.Negi