HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA W.P.No.19090 of 2009 22nd September, 2009 Between :- Sri Chaitanya College of Education, Podili, Prakasam District, Rep.by its Secretary-cum-Correspondent, Venna Hanuma Reddy .. Petitioner And National Council for Teacher Education, Southern Regional Committee, 1st Floor, CSD Building, HMT Post, Bangalore, rep.by its Regional Director And 3 others .. Respondents HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S.NARAYANA W.P.No.19090 of 2009 ORDER:- This Court issued rule nisi on 11-9-2009. 2. The order made by this Court in W.P.No.13723/2009 dt.26-8- 2009 is placed before this Court. 3. It is also stated by Sri A.Sanjeev Kumar that the said writ petition was disposed of in similar fact situation and the present writ petition also be disposed of on similar lines. 4. Heard the Counsel on record and perused the affiliation granted to the petitioner college, notice issued by the 1st respondent, the reply submitted by the petitioner, letter addressed by the 1st respondent to the petitioner, the letter submitted by the petitioner, the impugned order passed by the 1st respondent and also the affiliation letter issued by the 2nd respondent and the letter addressed by the petitioner to the 1st respondent. 5. The writ petition is filed for a Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the 1st respondent in withdrawing the recognition to the petitioner college vide its proceedings No.F.SRO/NCTE/2009- 10/14159, dt.13-7-2009, as arbitrary, illegal, in flagrant violation of principles of natural justice and also contrary to Section 17(2) of the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 and consequently set aside the same and pass such other suitable orders. 6. Several facts had been narrated in detail in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition. It is stated that the petitioner college was initially granted recognition on 9-3-2006 by the 1st respondent. Further it is stated that right from the academic year 2006-2007 the petitioner college is being run its own premises. Further it is stated that on 4-4- 2009 the 1st respondent issued show-cause notice to the petitioner college pointing out to certain deficiencies. Further it is stated that on 27-4-2009 the petitioner college complied with all the deficiencies pointed out by the 1st respondent. It is also further stated that the 1st respondent issued impugned proceedings on 13-7-2009 withdrawing the recognition to the petitioner college. In W.P.No.13723/2009, in similar fact situation, this Court disposed of the writ petition as hereunder:- “Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on merits, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition granting liberty to the petitioner to file statutory appeal and till the disposal of the same, the parties shall maintain status quo. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of granting liberty to the petitioner-college to file statutory appeal as provided under Section 18 of the NCTE Act, if not already filed, within a period of four weeks from today and on filing such an appeal, the appellate authority shall entertain the same without raising any objection as to the limitation and dispose of in accordance with law, after hearing both the parties. Till such time, status quo in all respects shall be maintained. No costs.” 7. In the light of the facts and circumstances, especially in the light of the disposal of W.P.No.13723/2009, in similar fact situation, this Court is inclined to dispose of the present writ petition also as hereunder:- “The writ petition is disposed of granting liberty to the petitioner college to file statutory appeal as provided under Section 18 of the NCTE Act, if not already filed, within a period of four weeks from today and on filing such appeal, the appellate authority shall entertain the same, without raising any objection as to the period of limitation if not otherwise, within the period of limitation and dispose of the same in accordance with law, after hearing both the parties. Till such time, status quo in all respects shall be maintained. 8. Accordingly, the writ petition is hereby disposed of. No order as to costs. _____________________ Justice P.S.Narayana 22nd September, 2009 Note: CC by 23-9-2009 (B/o.smr)