Take call on ‘non-existent’ BEd college in 2 weeks: Patna high court

PATNA: The Patna high court on Friday pulled up the officials of the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) and B R Ambedkar University (BRABU) for the delay in taking any decision on the recognition and affiliation that was granted to Upendra Sharma Teachers Training College at Telhara Khurd in East Champaran district.
The college was found to be “non-existent” in the enquiry report of the pleader commissioner in this case.
The division bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice S Kumar, while hearing a PIL filed by one Vidya Devi, directed the NCTE, BRABU and the state education department authorities to examine the entire matter and take “appropriate action in accordance with law” within the next two weeks. The court further observed that an FIR was lodged against the management and secretary of the said college on April 8, 2021, but the investigation has not been completed yet.
The court directed the SP of East Champaran to complete the investigation within a month. The secretary of the college has also been directed to be present before the SP on January 24. This PIL has been filed against the order passed by BRABU registrar at Muzaffarpur alleging that the affiliation was granted without verifying its existence.
The court had, on January 7, appointed advocate Iti Suman as the advocate commissioner for making spot enquiry regarding the college existence. The enquiry report holding the allegations as true was submitted to the court on January 18. The matter will be next heard on February 3.