IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.6879 of 2009 1. KAHKASHAN , daughter of Md. Aninul Rahman and wife of S.M. Imteyaz Alam, resident of village-Kutlupur, P.S. Bihta, District-Patna at present of P.C. Colony F/112, Kankarbagh, Patna-20 2. Asha Kumari, daughter of Deonandan Prasad Bhagat and wife of Satyendra Kumar of village-Datiyana, P.S. Bikram, District-Patna at Present of Mohalla- B.S.E.B. Colony, C/o(Old) P.S. Shastrinagar, District- Patna …….. ……….. ……… Petitioners. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2. Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Bihar, Patna 3. The Joint Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna. 4. The Assistant Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna 5. The Director , Higher Education, Government of Bihar, Patna ………….. Respondents. ----------- 2. 29.06.2009 Petitioner has filed this application with a prayer to direct the Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Bihar, Patna (respondent No.2) to rectify the list of such Non-Govt. Teachers’ Training Colleges which were treated as recognized and listed in group A. In this list, at serial No. 14, name of Siddharth Mahila Teachers Training College, Patna is mentioned, sessions for which valid recognition is said to be in favour of the college, is for sessions 1985-86 & 1986-87 only. Petitioners’ case is that the recognition was extended up to 1991-92 but in the list of recognized non-government teachers training colleges, so far the petitioners’ college is concerned, recognition has not been shown up to session 1991-92, on the basis of a letter issued in the year, 1993. By this letter, the recognition allowed to the institution up to 1991-92 had been withdrawn with retrospective effect. Petitioners’ case is that in similar matter, this court in C.W.J.C. No. 1124 of 2009 has considered this issue and it has been held that those who took admission for academic sessions 2 1988-89, 1990-91 and 1991-92 are clearly covered by the decision of this court passed in C.W.J.C. No. 14133 of 2006. The state cannot cancel or withdraw recognition by an administrative order with retrospective effect. I find that several such matters has been decided in which it has already been held that Siddharth Mahila Teachers Training College, Patna had recognition up to the session 1991-92. It goes without saying that with regard to all students who took admission in this session, it cannot be held that degrees issued by this institute in their favour, is not a degree issued from recognized institution. Since petitioners have degree of teachers training for the session 1991-92, as such, they are fulfilling criteria of a trained candidate and their candidature for appointment as trained teachers cannot be discarded in the proposed counseling of the recruitment to the post of teachers. This application is, accordingly, allowed. The respondents have earlier been directed and now again, they are directed to make necessary rectification in the list of recognized non- government teachers training colleges in which Siddharth Mahila Teachers Training College, Patna has been shown to have valid recognition only for the sessions 1985-86 & 1986-87. It should be rectified as recognition up to 1991-92. akv/ ( Mridula Mishra, J )