SUNITA AGARWAL,J. - (1.) In this bunch of writ petitions, various private institutions imparting D.El.Ed. (BTC) course in the State of U.P. and the candidates seeking admission to the said course are raising a common controversy with regard to the distribution of seats made by the second respondent namely State Council of Education Research and Training (in short SCERT) in Arts and Science group, for the purpose of admission based on a Common Admission Test, on account of which the admissions taken by these institutions against the vacant seats (as per the approved intake) were cancelled.
(2.) Heard Sri Ashok Khare learned Senior Advocate assisted by Sri Gautam Baghel learned counsel for the petitioners in the leading writ petition and Sri Pradeep Kumar, Rajesh Yadav, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Manoj Kumar Singh, Ravindra Kumar Yadav, R.K. Singh Rajpoot, Rohit Pandey, Manjari Singh, Kunal Ravi Singh and Rahul Jain-I learned counsels for the petitioners in the connected writ petitions.
(3.) Sri B.P. Singh learned Advocate has put in appearance on behalf of the National Council for Teacher Education (in short NCTE) and learned Standing Counsel appears for the remaining respondents.;