Synopsis

A B.Ed college was granted recognition but failed to comply with NCTE norms regarding faculty, building completion certificate, and website maintenance despite multiple show cause notices and extended time. The Eastern Regional Committee withdrew recognition on 26.02.2020, and the NCTE dismissed the college’s appeal on 10.03.2021. The college filed a writ petition before the Delhi High Court. The learned Single Judge upheld the withdrawal and appellate orders as valid, but directed the Regional Committee to examine the college’s faculty list (submitted belatedly on 01.08.2022) and consider its eligibility for prospective academic sessions. The NCTE appealed. The Division Bench held that once the withdrawal order has attained finality and the college was in default for years (2017-2021), the belated appointment of faculty on 10.06.2022 and approval of the faculty list on 01.08.2022 could not revive the recognition. The college no longer had any faculty or affiliation. The direction for reconsideration was set aside, and the appeal was allowed.

Court: High Court of Delhi

Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice V. Kameswar Rao and Hon’ble Ms. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora (Division Bench)

Date of Judgment: 7th May, 2026 (uploaded on 8th May, 2026)

Citation: LPA 27/2023 (2026:DHC:3973-DB)

Core Law: National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 – Sections 17(1) (withdrawal of recognition), 18 (appeal); NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure) Regulations, 2014 – Regulations 7, 7(13), 7(14)(i); Letters Patent – Clause 10

1. Heading of the judgment

High court of delhi

Lpa 27/2023 and cm appl. 1677/2023, cm appl. 48233/2025

National council for teacher education and anr. (appellants) vs. Holy child bed college & anr. (respondents)

Coram: hon’ble mr. justice v. kameswar rao and hon’ble ms. justice manmeet pritam singh arora

Reserved on: 6th april, 2026; pronounced on: 7th may, 2026; uploaded on: 8th may, 2026

2. Legal framework

Major laws and provisions involved:

National council for teacher education act, 1993 – section 17(1) (power to withdraw recognition for violation of norms), section 18 (appeal to the council against withdrawal order)

Ncte (recognition norms and procedure) regulations, 2014 – regulation 7 (general norms for recognition), regulation 7(13) (faculty and infrastructure requirements), regulation 7(14)(i) (website maintenance and disclosures)

Subject matter of the judgment:

Whether, after an order withdrawing recognition under Section 17(1) of the NCTE Act has been upheld by the appellate authority (NCTE) and by a learned Single Judge in writ proceedin

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