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Jnana Bharathi College of Education v. National Council for Teacher Education and Anr.

Delhi HC17 Nov 2025W.P.(C)/15924/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Delhi High Court; Jyoti Singh, J.; W.P.(C) 15855/2025 and connected matters; NCTE; SRC, NCTE 468th Meeting 28.07.2025; shifting of premises; NOC State Government; NCTE Act, 1993; NCTE Regulations, 2014; Article 226; Articles 14 and 19(1)(G); Section 151 CPC early hearing; W.P.(C) No. 11974/2025 order dated 25.09.2025; B.Ed colleges; direction to decide within 10 days; counselling ends November 2025; writ petitions allowed.

What did the court decide?

Writ petitions allowed; Respondents/SRC, NCTE directed to consider the Petitioners' applications for shifting of premises after inspecting the concerned premises and take a decision thereon within 10 days (counselling ends at the end of November, 2025); writ petitions disposed of along with pending applications. ¶45

Jnana Bharathi College of Education Vs National… — Writ and Judicial Review | Delhi HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether applications seeking shifting of premises should mandatorily be accompanied with NOC of the concerned State Government.

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Court's answer

In light of the stand of the Respondents/NCTE that no NOC is required for approval to shift premises within the same State, and the order dated 25.09.2025 in W.P.(C) No. 11974/2025 recording that there was no requirement for furnishing NOC from the State Government in terms of NCTE Regulations, 2014, the writ petitions are allowed.

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Ratio / Principle

Respondents (SRC, NCTE) are directed to consider the Petitioners' applications after inspecting the concerned premises and to take a decision thereon within 10 days, considering that counselling shall come to an end at the end of November, 2025.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Delhi High Court (Jyoti Singh, J.) allowed four writ petitions under Article 226 filed by teacher education colleges challenging the decision of SRC, NCTE taken in its 468th Meeting held on 28.07.2025 as beyond the scope of the NCTE Act, 1993 and NCTE Regulations, 2014 and violative of Articles 14 and 19(1)(G) of the Constitution, and seeking a time-bound decision on their applications for shifting of college premises. The primordial issue was whether such applications must mandatorily be accompanied by an NOC of the concerned State Government. Counsel for Respondents/NCTE conceded, on instructions, that no NOC is required for shifting premises within the same State. Relying on its order dated 25.09.2025 in W.P.(C) No. 11974/2025, the Court allowed the petitions and directed NCTE to consider the applications after inspecting the premises and decide within 10 days, noting that counselling would end at the close of November, 2025.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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W.P.(C) 15855/2025 & CM APPL. 64914/2025 ROJA COLLEGE .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Mayank Manish, Mr. Ravi Kant, Mr. Vineet Upadhyay and Mr. Jayant Dubey, Advocates.

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versus

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NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Mohinder J.S. Rupal, Mr. Hardik Rupal, Ms. Aishwarya Malhotra, Ms. Tripta Sharma and Ms. Lopamudra Mahapatra, Advocates for Respondents/NCTE.

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W.P.(C) 15896/2025 & CM APPL. 64995/2025 SREE VYASHNAVI B.ED COLLEGE .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Mayank Manish, Mr. Ravi Kant, Mr. Vineet Upadhyay and Mr. Jayant Dubey, Advocates.

versus

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- W.P.(C) 15924/2025 & CM APPL. 65137/2025 JNANA BHARATHI COLLEGE OF EDUCATION .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Mayank Manish, Mr. Ravi Kant,

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W.P.(C) 15855/2025 and connected matters

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Page 1 of 4

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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 19/11/2025 at 13:03:02

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Mr. Vineet Upadhyay and Mr. Jayant Dubey, Advocates.

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W.P.(C) 15926/2025 & CM APPL. 65141/2025 DEEKSHITHA B.ED COLLEGE .....Petitioner

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Through: Mr. Mayank Manish, Mr. Ravi Kant, Mr. Vineet Upadhyay and Mr. Jayant Dubey, Advocates.

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versus

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NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION AND ANR

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.....Respondents Through: Mr. Mohinder J.S. Rupal, Mr. Hardik Rupal, Ms. Aishwarya Malhotra, Ms. Tripta Sharma and Ms. Lopamudra Mahapatra, Advocates for Respondents/NCTE.

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CORAM:

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HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI SINGH

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CM APPL. 71933/2025 in W.P.(C) 15855/2025 CM APPL. 71910/2025 in W.P.(C) 15896/2025 CM APPL. 71908/2025 in W.P.(C) 15924/2025 CM APPL. 71931/2025 in W.P.(C) 15926/2025

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W.P.(C) 15855/2025 and connected matters

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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 19/11/2025 at 13:03:02

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These applications are filed on behalf of the Petitioners under Section 151 CPC for early hearing of these writ petitions, which are listed on 08.12.2025.

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Issue notice.

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Mr. Mohinder J.S. Rupal, learned counsel accepts notice on behalf of the Respondents/NCTE.

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For the reasons stated in the applications, the same are allowed and disposed of and the writ petitions are taken up for hearing today, with the consent of the parties.

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Date of 08.12.2025 stands cancelled.

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W.P.(C) 15855/2025 W.P.(C) 15896/2025 W.P.(C) 15924/2025 W.P.(C) 15926/2025

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These writ petitions are filed on behalf of the Petitioners under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for quashing the decision taken by SRC, NCTE in its 468^th Meeting held on 28.07.2025 as being beyond the scope of NCTE Act, 1993 and Regulations framed thereunder as also being violative of Articles 14 and 19(1)(G) of the Constitution of India. Direction is sought to SRC, NCTE to decide the applications of the Petitioners seeking permission for shifting the premises of the respective colleges in terms of NCTE Regulations, 2014 in a time bound manner. As common question of law is raised in all the writ petitions, they are being decided by this common order.

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The primordial issue raised by the Petitioners in these writ petitions is whether applications seeking shifting of premises should mandatorily be accompanied with NOC of the concerned State Government. Mr. Rupal,

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W.P.(C) 15855/2025 and connected matters

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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 19/11/2025 at 13:03:02

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learned counsel for the Respondents, on instructions, fairly and candidly submits that no NOC is required to be submitted by the colleges/institutions for seeking approval to shift the premises within the same State and that orders have been passed by this Court allowing similar writ petitions holding that NOC is not required.

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In light of the stand taken by the Respondents and having perused the order dated 25.09.2025 passed in similar writ petition being W.P.(C) No. 11974/2025, whereby the writ petition was allowed by the Court with a direction to process the application of the Petitioner, recording the stand of NCTE that there was no requirement for furnishing NOC from the State Government in terms of NCTE Regulations, 2014, these writ petitions are allowed. Respondents are directed to consider the applications of the Petitioners after inspecting the concerned premises and to take a decision thereon within 10 days from today, considering that the counselling shall come to an end at the end of November, 2025.

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No further orders are called for and the writ petitions are disposed of along with pending applications.

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JYOTI SINGH, J

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NOVEMBER 17, 2025

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S.Sharma

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W.P.(C) 15855/2025 and connected matters

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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 19/11/2025 at 13:03:02

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