IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No.10503 of 2008 Between: Gorantla Venkateswarlu & Venkata Bharathamma Teacher Education Institution, Lawyerpet, Ongole Prakasam District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of A.P., rep. by its Secretary, School Education Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner & Director of School Education, DIET-CET Chairman, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 3 The Director, State Council of Education, Research and Training, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the inaction of the respondents in processing the application of the petitioner institution dt.3.12.2007 for the grant of affiliation to the recognized institution by the N.C.T.E. dt. 4.08.2005 for the academic year 2007-08, as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India; and consequently direct the 3rd respondent to grant the Affiliation to the petitioner Institution Under Section 14(6) of N.C.T.E. Act, and include the name of the petitioner institution in the admission counseling scheduled to be held from 24.04.2008 in pursuance of the Recognition Orders granted by the N.C.T.E. Bangalore dt.26.08.2005 for the academic year 2007-08. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.A.K.MYNODDIN Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR SCHOOL EDUCATION The Court made the following ORDER: Heard the learned Government Pleader for School Education and, with her consent, the writ petition is disposed of at this stage. This writ petition has been instituted complaining the inaction on the part of the respondents in processing the application submitted by the petitioner on 3.12.2007 for grant of affiliation. It is the assertion of the writ petitioner that the National Council for Teacher Education, Southern Regional Committee, accorded it approval for establishment of Institute of Elementary Teacher Training, in terms of Section 15 (3) (a) of the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993, through its proceedings dated 26.08.2005 and, in pursuance thereof, it had established an Elementary Teacher Training Institute. It had also submitted an application on 3.12.2007 enclosing therewith a demand draft for Rs.75,000/- towards the necessary fee for according affiliation to the institution. The entire scheme of according affiliation has not been regulated by the State Government through their G.O.Ms.No.104 Education Department dated 24.11.2007. Considering the impact of the said scheme, this Court, by its Judgment rendered on 18.02.2008 in W.P.No.18520 of 2007 and batch, has concluded the issue in the following manner: “In the circumstances above, since there is now a legal regime in operation and the Annamacharya College of Elementary Teacher Education has also paid the relevant fees as prescribed in G.O.Ms.No.104 dated 24.11.2007 and submitted proposals for affiliation, the respondents 1 and 2 are directed to expeditiously and in any event within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, process the affiliation proposals submitted by the Annamacharya College of Elementary Teacher Education administered and communicate the decision to the petitioner. The entire exercise includes the vetting of the proposals by the Affiliation Committee; forwarding of the recommendation to the State Government and passing of the orders by the Director of School Education, as contemplated i n para (7) of G.O.Ms.No.104 dated 24.11.2007 and communication of the decision to the petitioner shall be within the period of three weeks, specified above.” Therefore, the respondents have no justification to delay the further action of processing the application submitted by the writ petitioner on 3.12.2007 for the purpose of granting affiliation. The respondents are, therefore, directed to process and accord the necessary affiliation to the petitioner, within a period of 15 days from today, if it had satisfied the requirements spelt out by the State Government in their G.O.Ms.No.104 dated 24.11.2007. With this, the writ petition stands disposed of. No order as to costs. __________________________ (Nooty Ramamohana Rao, J) Note: Issue CC in three days. 2nd May, 2008 knk To 1 The Secretary, Government of A.P., School Education Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner & Director of School Education, DIET-CET Chairman, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 3 The Director, State Council of Education, Research and Training, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad. 4 Two CD Copies