Hyderabad: The Hyderabad High Court has directed the Telangana state government to grant permission under Section 20 of the Telangana Education Act, 1982 to the B.Ed. colleges set up by the petitioners.
Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao was allowing a batch of petitions questioning the action of the universities in the state in refusing to grant affiliation on the ground that the State of Telangana had not issued Government Order granting permission under Section 20 of the AP Education Act, 1982 as adopted by the Telangana.
After perusing the legal position and case laws, the judge held that the state government has no power to reject the prayer of an institution for grant of permission or to overrule the decision of the National Council for Teachers Education (NCTE).
The judge said that once the NCTE had granted recognition, it is deemed and implied that it has satisfied itself that the institution in question has adequate financial resources, accommodation, library, qualified staff and laboratory required for proper functioning of the institution for a course or training in teacher-education.
The judge ruled that therefore it was not open to the state government now to refuse permission to the B.Ed. courses set up by the respective petitioners on the ground that there is no adequate qualified staff to impart teacher education in these colleges.
The judge also ruled that it was not open to the government to refuse permission to the petitioner colleges on the ground that starting colleges will not be in the interest of students.
While directing the state government to grant affiliation to the colleges, the judge directed the Telangana State Council of Higher Education to include the petitioner colleges in the second phase of process of web-counselling for allotment of students in B.Ed. course for the academic year 2016-17 in view of the recognition granted to them by the NCTE.
