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3. In the meanwhile, the NCTE Regulations, 2014 ["2014 Regulations"] were notified which inter alia introduced the requirement of a No Objection Certificate ["NOC"] from the affiliating body and a requirement that the institution must be a composite institution.

4. With respect to the petitioner's application, the NRC issued a show cause notice dated 28.02.2019, on the ground of non-submission of the NOC and proof of the institution being a composite institution. In the said show cause notice, reference was also made to a communication dated 18.12.2018 from the NCTE headquarters.

5. The petitioner submitted a reply dated 22.03.2019 stating that the NOC from the affiliating body had been submitted on 26.02.2019 and that the requirement of a composite institution was introduced only by the 2014 Regulations, whereas the petitioner's application, having been made on 30.12.2012, would be governed by the NCTE Regulations, 2009 ["2009 Regulations"].

6. A final show cause notice dated 10.12.2020 was issued to the petitioner by the Western Regional Committee of the NCTE ["WRC"] [to whom jurisdiction over institutions in the State of Rajasthan had been transferred in the meantime]. In the aforesaid notice, the ground regarding the petitioner-institution not being a composite institution was reiterated and the petitioner was asked to file a reply.

"The original file of the Institution along-with other related documents were carefully considered and examined by WRC in the light of NCTE Act, 1993, Regulations and Guidelines issued by NCTE from time to time and the following observation were made:-
1. The institution is not a composite institution as per clause 2 (b) of NCTE Regulations 2014.

10. Mr. Sharawat also submits that the NCTE's instructions dated 18.12.2018, referred to in the first show cause notice issued to the petitioner, have been quashed by an order of this Court dated 25.02.2020 in W.P.(C) 2126/2020 [Om College of Education vs. National Council for Teacher Education and Ors.].

11. Mr. Sharawat has drawn my attention to the guidelines issued by the NCTE pursuant to the notification of the 2014 Regulations. The guidelines dated 24.12.2014 inter alia provided that existing teacher education institutions will be permitted to function as standalone institutions but shall move towards becoming composite institutions preferably by 2016-17. In a communication dated 06.02.2015, the NCTE also decided as follows:-