Jammu and Kashmir High Court
LPA/144/2026 of NORTHERN REGIONAL COMMITTEE TH. ITS REGIONAL DIRECTOR AND ANOTHER Vs GANDHI MEMORIAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION TH ITS PRINCIPAL SATISH KUMAR TALASHI AND OTHERS on 22 July 2026
JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU LPA No. 144/2026 Cav No. 1372/2026 Northern Regional Committee and anr. ….Appellants Through:- Mr. Rahul Sharma, Advocate Mr. Abhimanyu Sharma, Advocate. v. Gandhi Memorial College of Education and others …..Respondents Through:- Mr. U. K.
HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH
AT JAMMU
LPA No. 144/2026
Cav No. 1372/2026
Northern Regional Committee and
anr.
….Appellants
Through:-
Mr. Rahul Sharma, Advocate
Mr. Abhimanyu Sharma, Advocate.
v.
Gandhi Memorial College of
Education and others
…..Respondents
Through:-
Mr. U. K. Jalali, Sr. Advocate with
Mr. Neeraj Verma, Advocate
Mr. Deewakar Sharma, Dy. AG.
CORAM:
HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE SINDHU SHARMA, JUDGE
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SKEHRI, JUDGE
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ORDER
Caveat No. 1372/2026
01. With the appearance of Mr. Neeraj Verma, Advocate, caveat stands discharged.
02. This intra-Court appeal has been directed against interim order dated 11.05.2025, passed by learned Single Judge of this Court in WP(C) No. 873/2026 titled ‘Gandhi Memorial College of Education and Others v. Northern Regional Committee and Another’, whereby appellants have been directed to grant temporary recognition/affiliation in favour of the respondent- Institute for conducting B.Ed. Programme for the academic session 2025-27.
03. With the consensus of learned counsels for the parties, this appeal is disposed of in the following terms:
a. that respondent No. 1-Institute shall avail itself of the statutory remedy of appeal, against order dated 23.09.2025 passed by appellant No. 1, impugned in the writ petition, before the appropriate appellate authority under Section 18 of the National Council for Teacher Education Act 1993;
b. that in the event, such an appeal is preferred by respondent No.1, the appellate authority shall consider and decide the same on its merits within a period of three weeks from the date copy of this order is made available and the period of limitation shall not stand in the way of such adjudication;
c. that appellants shall also be at liberty to conduct physical inspection of the respondent-Institute, who shall coordinate in the complete verification of its title, infrastructure and institutional facilities; and
d. that upon completion of the aforesaid exercise, a comprehensive report shall be placed by the appellants before learned Single Judge, who is requested to consider the application for interim relief afresh and pass appropriate orders as per law.
04. With the aforesaid directions, present intra-court appeal stands disposed of, along with connected CM(s). (Rajesh Sekhri) (Sindhu Sharma) Judge Judge
Jammu
22.07.2026
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