$~36 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 8537/2026 & CM APPL. 39642/2026, CM APPL. 39643/2026 CENTRAL MODERN TEACHERS TRAINING COLLEGE .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Akhilesh K. Shrivastava, Mr. Rishabh Kumar, Ms. Archana Joshi, Advocates versus NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION & ANR. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Anuj Kapoor, Mr. Shivom Sethi and Mr. Nandeesh Nanda, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASMEET SINGH O R D E R % 01.07.2026 1. This is a Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking quashing and setting aside of impugned Refusal Order dated 28.04.2026 passed by the Western Regional Committee and for directions to the respondents to conduct inspection of the petitioners’ institutes and decide their applications for recognition for conversion/transition of the existing four-year integrated B.A. B.Ed./B.Sc. B.Ed. courses to the ITEP course from the present academic session 2026-27. 2. For the said reasons, issue notice. 3. Mr. Kapoor, learned counsel accepts notice on behalf of the respondents and fairly submits that the objections raised by him were considered in W.P. (C) 4860/2026 and connected matters, and vide This is a digitally signed order. 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 08/07/2026 at 12:19:39 common order dated 29.05.2026, the petitions were allowed. 4. Accordingly, the present petition is allowed and the impugned Refusal Order issued by the Western Regional Committee is set aside. The respondents shall conduct inspection of the petitioner’s institute within a period of three weeks from today and shall thereafter take all appropriate and necessary steps to ensure that the guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court in Maa Vaishno Devi Mahila Mahavidyalaya v. State of U.P., (2013) 2 SCC 617, are scrupulously complied with. 5. The entire exercise, including the issuance of show cause notices pointing out the deficiencies, furnishing of replies thereto, adjudication of such show cause notices, and all ancillary activities connected therewith or flowing therefrom, shall be completed on or before 10.08.2026 for the Academic Session 2026-2027. 6. Let a copy of the inspection report be also supplied to the petitioners. 7. The present petition, along with the pending application(s), if any, stand(s) disposed of accordingly. JASMEET SINGH, J JULY 1, 2026 / (MS) This is a digitally signed order. 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 08/07/2026 at 12:19:39