East N West Teachers Training College And ANR v. Bihar School Examination Board And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.19653 of 2016 =========================================================== East N West Teachers Training College, Street No. near NH 107, Village- Ward No. 36, Patuaha, P.O.- Patuaha, Tehsil/Taluka- Karha, Town/City- Saharsa, District- Saharsa, Bihar- 852201 through its Chairman Sri Rajneesh Ranjan, son of Ram Chandra Prasad Singh, resident of House No. A/23, Professor Colony, Punaichak, Patna- 800023.

2. Swadeshi College of Education, Plot No. 5(P), Village- G.C. Maranga, P.O.- Maranga, Tehsil/Taluka- Purnia, Town/City- Purnea, District- Purnia, Bihar854301 through its Chairman Sri Rakesh Mehta, son of Late Pran Nath Mehta, resident of G-115, Paschim Vihar, New Delhi- 110063. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. Bihar School Examination Board, Sinha Library Road, Patna- 800017, through its Secretary.

2. The Chairman, Bihar School Examination Board, Sinha Library Road, Patna800017.

3. The Secretary, Bihar School Examination Board, Sinha Library Road, Patna800017.

4. National Council for Teacher Education, Eastern Regional Committee, 15, Neelkantha Nagar, Nayapalli, Bhubneshwar (Orissa), through its Regional Director.

5. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Department of Education, Government of Bihar, Patna.

6. Director, State Council for Education, Research & Training, Government of Bihar, Patna.

.... .... Respondent/s =========================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Raju Giri, Adv. For the NCTE : Mr. Sunil Kr. Singh, Adv. For the State : Mr. Jitendra Kumar Roy No.-1, SC-13 ===========================================================

Patna High Court CWJC No.19653 of 2016 dt.23-11-2017 2/3 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH ORAL JUDGMENT & ORDER Date: 23-11-2017 Both the petitioners are privately managed unaided non-minority institutions, engaged in imparting Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) course. They seek direction to respondentBihar School Examination Board (in short 'the Board') to grant affiliation for Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed.) course from the academic session 2016-17, under the Regulations of the Board.

2. It is the case of the petitioners that the institutions have been recognized by the National Council for Teacher Education, under Section 15(3) of the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993.

3. Considering the nature of relief(s), as sought for in the present writ application, this application is disposed of with a direction to the Board to take decision on grant of affiliation to these colleges, which is said to be pending since long, within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order.

4. It has been stated by learned counsel, appearing on behalf of the petitioners, that inspections of the colleges have

Patna High Court CWJC No.19653 of 2016 dt.23-11-2017 3/3 already been done for the purpose of grant of affiliation.

5. This Court expects the Board to expedite disposal of petitioners' application for grant of affiliation.

6. This application stands disposed of accordingly. (Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J) Praveen-II/- AFR/NAFR NAFR CAV DATE N/A Uploading Date25.11.2017 Transmission Date N/A