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Shree Sadgurudev Swami Akhandanand Memorial Charitable Trust v. National Council for Teacher Education & Anr.

Delhi HC1 Aug 2025W.P.(C)/11437/2025

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What is this about?

NCTE recognition order certified copy; website status shown as 'Check'; PTC course; Shree Sadgurudev Swami Akhandanand Memorial Charitable Trust v. National Council for Teacher Education; W.P.(C) 11437/2025; CM APPL. 46792/2025; Delhi High Court; Vikas Mahajan, J.; order dated 01.08.2025; undertaking by respondents; two weeks compliance; petition disposed of.

What did the court decide?

Certified copy of the Recognition Order dated 24.08.2004 to be provided to the petitioner and its current status to be reflected on the NCTE website, with needful to be done within two weeks; petition and pending application disposed of. ¶24

Shree Sadgurudev Swami Akhandanand Memorial Charitable Trust Vs National Council for Teacher Education & Anr. — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether Respondent No.2 should be directed to issue a certified copy of the Recognition Order dated 24.08.2004 issued to the petitioner for running the PTC course. +2 more

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Court's answer

Respondents' counsel, on instructions, submitted that insofar as prayer (a) is concerned, certified copy of the order dated 24.08.2004 will be provided to the petitioner.

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Ratio / Principle

As regards prayer (b), respondents' counsel submitted that the current status of the petitioner institution will be reflected on the website.

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Key takeaways

The statements of respondents' counsel were taken on record and the respondents shall remain bound by the same; needful to be done within a period of two weeks.ratio¶21

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Delhi High Court (Vikas Mahajan, J.) disposed of a writ petition filed by Shree Sadgurudev Swami Akhandanand Memorial Charitable Trust against the National Council for Teacher Education & Anr., seeking (a) a certified copy of the Recognition Order dated 24.08.2004 issued for running the PTC course, (b) rectification of the NCTE website, which showed the institution's status merely as 'Check' without indicating recognition or derecognition, and (c) forwarding of the Recognition Order to the Affiliating University and the State Department of Higher Education. Respondents' counsel, on instructions, undertook to supply the certified copy and to reflect the current status on the website; the statements were taken on record and the respondents were held bound by them, with needful to be done within two weeks. In view of these submissions, petitioner's counsel stated no further orders were called for, and the petition along with the pending application was disposed of.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- W.P.(C) 11437/2025 and CM APPL. 46792/2025

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SHREE SADGURUDEV SWAMI AKHANDANAND MEMORIAL CHARITABLE TRUST .....Petitioner

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Through: Mr. Rishabh Kumar, Ms. Ritu Kumari, Mr. Himanshu and Mr. Yash Solanki, Advocates.

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versus

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NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Mohinder Rupal, Mr. Hardik Rupal, Ms. Yanmi and Ms. Aishwarya Malhotra Advocates.

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS MAHAJAN

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O R D E R

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% 01.08.2025

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The present petition has been filed by petitioner seeking following reliefs:

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(a) direction to Respondent No.2 to issue ‘Certified Copy’ of Recognition Order [Annexure P-1 of the Writ Petition], originally issued to Petitioner on 24.08.2004 by the Respondent No.2 for running the PTC course; and

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(b) direction to Respondent No.2 to rectify / update its website by uploading thereon the Recognition Order of the Petitioner, which at present, is not there and is only showing as ‘Check’ under the column with heading ‘Order Type’ and ‘---' [Blank] under the column with heading ‘Order’; and

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(c) direction to Respondent No.2 to forward a copy of the Recognition Order of the Petitioner to its Affiliating University as well as the State Department of Higher Education, for all future references.”

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 04/08/2025 at 12:32:49

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Mr. Rishabh Kumar, learned counsel appearing on behalf of petitioner submits that only concern of petitioner institution is that certified copies of the recognition order dated 24.08.2004 as mentioned in the prayer clause (a) be issued to them and current status of petitioner institution be reflected on the website.

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He invites attention of the Court to Annexure P-2 to contend that current status of petitioner as is available on the website of NCTE shows ‘Check’ and it does not reflect whether the institution is recognized or derecognized.

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Mr. Mohinder Rupal, learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondents, on instructions, submits that insofar as prayer (a) is concerned, certified copy of order dated 24.08.2004 will be provided to petitioner.

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As regards prayer in clause (b), he submits that current status of petitioner institution will also be reflected on the website.

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The statement of Mr. Rupal is taken on record and respondents shall remain bound by the same.

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Let needful be done by the respondents within a period of two weeks.

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In view of the above submission, learned counsel appearing on behalf of petitioner submits that no further orders are called for in the present petition.

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The petition along with pending application, is disposed of.

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VIKAS MAHAJAN, J

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AUGUST 1, 2025/ jg

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 04/08/2025 at 12:32:49

Shree Sadgurudev Swami Akhandanand Memorial Charitable Trust v. National Council for Teacher Education & Anr.

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