M.A.S.Subbiah Chettiar v. The Regional Director,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 22.12.2015

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.M .SUNDRESH W.P. No. 40575 of 2015 & M.P. No. 1 of 2015 M.A.S. Subbiah Chettiar Educational & Charitable Trust, rep. by its Managing Trustee, Mr.S. Vijayakumar, No.7, 3rd Cross Street, West CIT Nagar, Chennai - 600 035.

..Petitioner Vs.

1.

The Regional Director, Southern Regional Committee, National Council for Teacher Education, Jnanabarathy Campus Road, Opp. To National Law School, Nagarabhavi, Bangalore - 560 072.

The Registrar, Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University, Lady Willington College Campus, Kamarajar Salai, Chennai - 600 005.

..Respondents Prayer:

Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issue of a Writ of Mandamus directing the 1st respondent and its Southern Regional Committee to reconsider the application of the petitioner submitted through online on 30.05.2015 and by way of hard copy dated 13.06.2015 along with No Objection Certificate dated 06.11.2015 issued by the 2nd respondent for further process of the application of the petitioner for grant of recognition to the 4 year integrated

B.Ed course leading to the award of B.Sc. B.Ed. And B.A. B.Ed degree as per Appendix 13 of the National Council for Teacher Eduation (Recognition Norms and Procedure) Regulations, 2014. For Petitioner ::

Mr.R. Sureshkumar For Respondents ::

Mr.Ramakrishna Reddy for R1 Mr.U. Venkatesan for R2

O R D E R

The petitioner had earlier made an application seeking recognition of the 4 year integrated B.Ed course leading to the award of B.Sc. B.Ed. And B.A. B.Ed degree as per Appendix 13 of the National Council for Teacher Eduation (Recognition Norms and Procedure) Regulations, 2014, without enclosing the No Objection Certificate sought by the 1st respondent. Thereafter, the petitioner was issued with No Objection Certificate by the 2nd respondent on 06.11.2015 and the same was also forwarded to the 1st respondent. Now, seeking to reconsider the application submitted by the petitioner through online on 30.05.2015 seeking recognition, which has also been given by way of hard copy on 13.06.2015, the present writ petition has been filed. As submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner, what the petitioner wants is only re-consideration of the application made on 30.05.2015 along with the No Objection Certificate produced subsequently on 06.11.2015, on merits. 3.

Considering the limited scope of the relief sought, without going into the merits of the case, the writ petition is disposed of directing the 1st respondent to consider the application of the petitioner dated 30.05.2015, which has been given by way of hard copy dated 13.06.2015, along with the No Objection Certificate dated 06.11.2015, on merits and in accordance with law, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. Connected M.P. is closed.

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To 1.

The Regional Director, Southern Regional Committee, National Council for Teacher Education, Jnanabarathy Campus Road, Opp. To National Law School, Nagarabhavi, Bangalore - 560 072.

The Registrar, Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University, Lady Willington College Campus, Kamarajar Salai, Chennai - 600 005.

+1 CC to MR.R. Sureshkumar Advocate. SR.NO.69135 +1 CC to MR.Ramakrishna Reddy Advocate. SR.NO. 69567 +1 CC to MR. U. Venkatesan Advocate. SR.NO. 69482 W.P. No. 40575 of 2015 CO-VS JD 28/12/2015