IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.S.GOPINATHAN TUESDAY, THE 17TH AUGUST 2010 / 26TH SRAVANA 1932 WP(C).No. 4675 of 2010(H) ------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- ALL KERALA SELF FINANCING TEACHER EDUCATION COLLEGE,PRINCIPALS ASSOCIATION(A/286/07) REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT,DR.G.SARATHCHANDRA RAJ,PRINCIPAL,RAMAVILASOM TRAINING COLLEGE, VALAKOM,KOTTARAKKARA. BY ADV. SRI.R.KRISHNA RAJ SRI.M.NAJEEB RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHERS EDUCATION, HANS BHAVAN,WING II, 1,BAHADUR SHAH MARG, NEW DELHI. 2. SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHE EDUCATION,KERALA GOVERNMENT SECRETARIATE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. DIRECTOR,COLLEGIATE EDUCATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 4. DIRECTOR,LBS CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 5. UNIVERSITY OF KERALA,REP.BY ITS REGISTRAR,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. ADV. SRI.M.RAJAGOPALAN NAIR, SC, KERALA UTY. FOR R5 SRI.P.B.SURESH KUMAR SC, LBS CENTRE FOR R4 SRI.V.M.KURIAN, SC, SRC-NCTE FOR R1 R2 AND R3 BY G.P. SRI. LAKSHMI NARAYANAN THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 17/08/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: 2 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT.P1 TRUE COPY OF THE JUDGMENT IN WPC 5231 OF 2004 EXT.P2 TRUE COPY OF THE PROSPECTUS EXT.P3 TRUE COPY OF THE COUNTER OF THE 5TH RESPONDENT. EXT.P4 TRUE COPY OF THE COUNTER OF THE 2ND RESPONDENT. EXT.P5 TRUE COPY OF THE COUNTER OF THE 5TH RESPONDENT. RESPONDENTS' EXHIBITS: NIL. TRUE COPY P.S. TO JUDGE. C .N. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, & P.S. GOPINATHAN, JJ. -------------------------------------------- W.P.C. No. 4675 of 2010 -------------------------------------------- Dated this the 17th day of August, 2010 JUDGMENT Ramachandran Nair, J. Petitioner is an association of principals of B.Ed. colleges in the State challenging the freedom enjoyed by the Universities to make selection of students for B.Ed. admission exclusively for the B.Ed. centres run by the Universities. According to the petitioner, based on directions contained in Ext.P1 judgment, State has made arrangements for centralised selection and allotment of students for all the B.Ed. colleges in the State except the University centres. Petitioner's case is that pattern of selection, syllabus and examination for the B.Ed. students in the University centres and other colleges in the State being one and the same, there should be common selection process for admission and allotment of students to various colleges including the University centres. Ext.P1 judgment certainly visualises a centralised selection only inconformity with fair process in the selection of students for admission. Of course University centres running B.Ed. WPC 4675/2010 2 course was not in the contemplation of this Court and therefore University centres are not specifically mentioned there. We see no reason why the Universities should have objection against selection process for admission to the B.Ed. course which is done in a centralised manner for the State as a whole. Standing counsel for the University submitted that the last date for receipt of applications was over and so much so there is no scope for inclusion of University centres for admission to B.Ed. course under centralised scheme this year. Since time for receipt of applications is over, it is for the fourth respondent to expedite the selection process. However, there will be direction to the Government to consider inclusion of University centres also for admission to B.Ed. course under centralised scheme. W.P.C. is disposed of as above. (C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR) Judge. (P.S. GOPINATHAN) Judge. kk WPC 4675/2010 3