MANAGING COMMITTEE OF BHAGWAN BUDH PRIMARY TEACHERS TRAINING COLLEGE AND ANR. versus STATE OF BIHAR AND ORS.

MANAGING COMMITTEE OF BHAGWAN BUDH PRIMARY TEACHERS TRAINING COLLEGE AND ANR. versus STATE OF BIHAR AND ORS.

Permission cannot be granted to students of unrecognized educational institutions to appear for examinations as it would violate the provisions of the Education Act. The government has a responsibility to promptly decide applications for recognition and to adequately inform students to prevent them from being misled.

Parties
Petitioner: Managing Committee of Bhagwan Budh Primary Teachers Training College; Respondent: State of Bihar
Jurisdiction
India
Judgment Date
06 November 1989
Procedural Posture
Special Leave Petition (civil) / Supreme Court Decision on Special Leave Petition
Outcome
Special leave petition dismissed.
Legal Topics
Recognition of Educational Institutions, Teachers Training Colleges, Government Responsibility in Education, Unrecognized Institutions, Student Protection
Education Law Recognition of Educational Institutions Teachers Training Colleges Government Responsibility in Education Unrecognized Institutions Student Protection

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Parties

Managing Committee of Bhagwan Budh Primary Teachers Training College

Petitioner

State of Bihar

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Special Leave Petition (civil) / Supreme Court Decision on Special Leave Petition

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether students of an unrecognized teachers training college can be permitted to appear for examinations pending decision on recognition.
  2. 2 Whether the failure of the government to promptly dispose of applications for recognition of educational institutions entitles students or institutions to relief.

Ratio Decidendi

Permission cannot be granted to students of unrecognized educational institutions to appear for examinations as it would violate the provisions of the Education Act. The government has a responsibility to promptly decide applications for recognition and to adequately inform students to prevent them from being misled.

Court Disposition

Special leave petition dismissed.

Orders

  • Application for recognition of the institution made in 1986 to be disposed of within 4 weeks from the date of judgment.
  • State Government of Bihar to publish advertisements in at least three widely circulated newspapers warning students against taking admission in unrecognized institutions, to be done within three weeks from receipt of this order.