$~148 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010368862026 + W.P.(C) 11482/2026 & CM APPL. 53119/2026 MAITRYEE GIRLS TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGE .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Mayank Manish Adv Mr. Ravi Kant Adv Mr. Vineet Upadhyaya Adv versus NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Anuj Kapoor and Mr. Nandeesh Nanda, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASMEET SINGH O R D E R % 11.08.2026 1. This is a writ petition filed under Articles 226 of the Constitution of India seeking quashing and setting aside of the impugned refusal Order dated 30.04.2026 passed by the Western Regional Committee whereby the application for transition to Integrated Teacher Education Programme (“ITEP”) for the academic session 2026-27 has been refused and for directions to the respondents to conduct inspection of the petitioner institute and decide their application afresh. 2. For the reasons stated in the petition, issue notice. 3. Mr. Kapoor, learned counsel accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. 4. At the outset, he states that the petitioner had approached the Hon’ble 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 17/08/2026 at 11:46:53 Division Bench challenging the refusal orders and withdrew the writ petitions pending before the Hon’ble Division Bench without seeking any liberty to approach this Court. Hence, the present petitions are not maintainable. 5. I am unable to agree with the said contention. Once a co-ordinate bench has taken a view in W.P.(C) 4860/2026, the same would apply to the petitioner as well. 6. 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. 7. The respondents are 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 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. 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 17/08/2026 at 11:46:53 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.” 8. Accordingly, the impugned refusal order dated 30.04.2026 of the Western Regional Committee is hereby set aside and the respondents are 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 Devi Mahila Mahavidyalaya v. State of U.P., (2013) 2 SCC 617. 9. 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 11.09.2026 for the Academic Session 2026–2027. 10. Let a copy of the inspection report be also supplied to the petitioners. 11. The present petition, along with the pending application stands 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 17/08/2026 at 11:46:53 disposed of in the aforesaid terms. JASMEET SINGH, J AUGUST 11, 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 17/08/2026 at 11:46:53