NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION AND ANR. vs HOLY CHILD BED COLLEGE & ANR.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 06.04.2026 Judgment delivered on: 07.05.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 08.05.2026 + LPA 27/2023 & CM APPL. 1677/2023, CM APPL. 48233/2025 NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION AND ANR. .....Appellants Through: Mr. Hardik Rupal, Ms. Aishwarya Malhotra and Ms. Tripta Sharma, Advs. versus HOLY CHILD BED COLLEGE & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjay Sharawat, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Mayank Manish, Mr. Ravi Kant, Mr. Vineet Upadhyay and Mr. Ayush Aanand, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA JUDGMENT MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J. 1. The present intra Court appeal has been filed under Clause 10 of the Letters Patent read with Section 10 of Delhi High Court Act, 1966 assailing the order dated 23.09.2022 passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P(C) No. 1043/2022 titled as ‘Holy Child B.ED. College vs NCTE & Ors’. 2. The grievance of the Petitioner is that the learned Single Judge while upholding the validity of the order dated 26.02.2020 passed by the Appellant No.2 [i.e., Eastern Regional Committee (‘ERC’)] withdrawing the recognition of the B. Ed course offered by Respondent No. 1/Institute as Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:MAHIMA SHARMA Signing Date:08.05.2026 LPA 27/2023 Page 1 of 11 14:38:08 well as the validity of the order dated 10.03.2021 passed by the Appellant No.1 [i.e., National Council for Teacher Education (‘NCTE’)], rejecting the appeal of Respondent No. 1, nevertheless directed the Appellant No. 2 to effectively consider Respondent No. 1’s eligibility for the prospective academic session. The operative part of the impugned order challenged in this appeal is as under: - “……. 5. In terms of the proviso to Section 17(1) of the NCT