$~100 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 8845/2026 & CM APPL. 41431/2026 DEEPSHIKHA COLLEGE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION .....Petitioner Through: Adv Vishant Singh, Adv.Mreeganka Goyal, Adv. Pranav Goyal versus NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION .....Respondents Through: Adv. Mr. Anuj Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Shivom Sethi, Adv. Mr. Nandeesh Nanda CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASMEET SINGH O R D E R % 07.07.2026 1. This is a writ petition filed under Articles 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following prayers:- “I. Issue a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order or direction quashing and setting aside the impugned Refusal Order dated 13.04.2026 passed by Respondent/WRC whereby the Petitioner's application (Application No. 2627202509152452) for transition of its existing 4-Year Integrated B.A.B.Ed./B.Sc.B.Ed. programme to the 4-Year Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP) has been refused under Section 14(3)(b)/15(3)(b) of the NCTE Act, 1993; II. To stay the operation of the impugned Refusal Order 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 16/07/2026 at 11:54:19 dated 13.04.2026 passed by Respondent/WRC till the disposal of the present petition; III. Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction directing the Respondents to conduct a physical inspection of the Petitioner institution within a stipulated period, and thereafter to reconsider and decide the Petitioner's aforesaid application for transition to ITEP for the academic session 2026-27 strictly in accordance with Regulation 7 of the NCTE (Recognition Norms & Procedure) Regulations, 2014, after affording due opportunity of hearing to the Petitioner, in a time-bound manner, and to supply a copy of the inspection report to the Petitioner, in terms of the law laid down by this Hon'ble Court vide judgment dated 29.05.2026 in W.P.(C) 4860/2026 titled Vision College of Teachers Training v. NCTE & Anr. and connected matters; IV. Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction directing the Respondents to forthwith process, consider and decide the Petitioner's pending Application for Permitting Change of Premises dated 18.03.2026 in a time-bound manner, and, upon being satisfied as to compliance with the applicable Regulations, to grant permission for shifting of the Petitioner institution to the proposed new premises at University of Technology, Fatehpuria Main Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan; and to direct that the Petitioner's application for transition to ITEP (prayer B 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 16/07/2026 at 11:54:19 above) be considered and decided taking into account the said Application for Permitting Change of Premises, so that the Petitioner is not prejudiced by the pendency thereof; V. Pass ad-interim ex-parte order(s) directing the Respondents to permit the Petitioner institution to provisionally participate in the counselling/admission process for the ITEP programme for the academic session 2026-27, subject to the final outcome of the present writ petition;....” 2. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner agrees to drop prayer stated at Clause (IV), with liberty to press the same in a fresh petition. 3. For the reasons stated in the petition, issue notice. 4. Mr. Kapoor, learned counsel accepts notice on behalf of the respondent. 5. The principal issues arising out of the present petition has already been decided by this Court in its judgment dated 29.05.2026 passed in a batch of connected matters one of them being W.P. (C) No. 4860/2026 and the present Order is being passed in terms of the said judgment. Thus, the petition is covered and the judgment dated 29.05.2026 shall apply mutatis mutandis to this case as well. 6. The respondent is bound by the directions contained in paragraph No. 16, of the aforesaid judgment. The relevant paragraphs of the said judgment reads as under: “15. These are important institutions which are required to function within strict and time bound parameters. The timelines governing such matter have been authoritatively 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 16/07/2026 at 11:54:19 prescribed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court itself in its judgment titled Maa Vaishno Devi Mahila Mahavidyalaya v. State of U.P., (2013) 2 SCC 617, which are to be scrupulously followed by all the concerned parties. The necessity to ensure compliance with these timelines is also one of the grounds which persuades me to entertain the present petition. 16. For the said reasons, the present petition is allowed and the impugned Refusal Order dated 11.03.2026 is set aside. Accordingly, the respondents shall conduct inspection of the petitioner College within 3 weeks from today and shall thereafter take all appropriate necessary steps to ensure that the guidelines of the Hon’ble Supreme Court are scrupulously complied with. The entire exercise including the issuance of show cause notice pointing out the deficiencies, furnishing of their replies, and the adjudication of those show cause notices, shall be completed on or before 30.06.2026, for the academic session 2026- 2027. Let a copy of the inspection report also be supplied to the petitioner.” 7. Accordingly, the impugned refusal order dated 13.04.2026 of the Western Regional Committee is hereby set aside and the respondent is directed to conduct inspection of the petitioner Institute within a period of three weeks from today and shall thereafter take all appropriate and necessary steps to ensure compliance with the guidelines laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Maa Vaishno 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 16/07/2026 at 11:54:19 Devi Mahila Mahavidyalaya v. State of U.P., (2013) 2 SCC 617. 8. The entire exercise, including the issuance of show cause notices pointing out the deficiencies, furnishing of replies thereto, adjudication of such show cause notices, shall be completed on or before 10.08.2026 for the Academic Session 2026–2027. 9. Let a copy of the inspection report be also supplied to the petitioner. 10. Liberty sought by the petitioner in terms of paragraph No. 2 of this Order is granted. 11. The present petition, along with the pending application stands disposed of in the aforesaid terms. JASMEET SINGH, J JULY 7, 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 16/07/2026 at 11:54:19