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4. The relevant facts of the case may briefly be stated as under : the Citizens Education Society represented by one Sri Y. Sanjeeva Reddy, Secretary and Correspondent of the Society, illegally started a B.Ed. College in the year 1998-99 in the name and style of Noble College of Education at Narketpalli, Nalgonda District without "No Objection Certificate" from the Government of Andhra Pradesh and without requisite permission from the National Council of Teachers Education, Bangalore and without affilation from the Osmania University as required under law and admitted 160 students unauthorisedly. In the absence of "No Objection Certificate" from the Government and without requisite permission from the National Council of Teachers Education, Bangalore and without affiliation from the Osmania University, the college was compelled to close down. However, the Government in response to several representations made by the affected students and taking sympathetic view of the matter and keeping in mind the wellbeing of the students who were admitted to the college issued G.O. Ms. No. 127, Education (SE. TRG. II) Department, dated 30-9-2000 and decided that students admitted by Noble College of Education should be allotted to other Colleges of Education in the State to enable them to complete the course during the academic year 1999-2000, the Government vide the above order directed that 160 student admitted by the Noble College of Education should be allotted to (i) Ghulam Ahmed College of Education, Banjara Hills, Hyderbad and (ii) IASE, Masab Tank, Hyderbad. 74 candidates were allotted to Ghulam Ahmed College of Education, whereas 86 candidates were allotted to IASE, Masab Tank, Hyderabad. It appears that in pursuance of the above G.O., the allotted students joined the respective colleges and the instruction commenced on 16-10-2000. When the matter stood thus, on receipt of certain complaints alleging that the Correspondent of Noble College of Education has included the names of certain bogus candidates in place of the genuine candidates in the list of 160 students annexed to the G.O. Ms. 127 by collecting huge sums of money from them, the Government directed the Regional Joint Director of School Education, Hyderabad to conduct a detailed enquiry and submit report through the Director of School Education, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. Accordingly, the Regional Joint Director of School Education conducted enquiry and submitted his report recording the finding that as many as 107 candidates out of 160 candidates allotted to the aforementioned colleges are not bonafide candidates. The Government on examination of the said report directed the Director of School Education through its Memo No. 22824/Trg/99-1, Education, dated 7-12-2000 to take further steps to cancel the admission of those 107 candidates from the respective colleges. Accordingly and in pursuance of the directions issued by the Director of School Education, the Principals of the respective colleges issued show-cause notices on 11-12-2000 to all the 107 candidates including the 29 petitioners in these two writ petitions alleging that they are not the bonafide students of the B.Ed. course for the reason that when the enquiry was conducted by the Regional Joint Director of School Education, the petitioners and others similarly circumstanced gave statements admitting that they did not attend teaching practice in recognized schools as prescribed for the B.Ed. course and there were certain discrepancies in the statements made by them. The affected students submitted their replies to the show-cause notices in which they commonly claimed that the entire batch of 160 students of Noble College of Education were divided into two batches for the purpose of teaching practice and all of them belonged to the second batch and therefore they could not undergo teaching practice due to elections that intervened and for some other reasons. The petitioners also furnished photostat copies of "School Fee" receipts and copies of the "bonafide certificates" issued by the Correspondent of the Noble College of Education in support of their claim that they are bonafide students. The replies of the petitioners and the documents produced by them were cross-checked and verified with reference to the statements they made before the Regional Joint Director of School Education, Hyderabad, during the enquiry conducted in the month of November, 2000 and the relevant records and it was found that the above claim of the petitioners was unsubstantiated. In fact, it was found that the claim of the petitioners that the entire batch of 160 students were divided into two batches was factually incorrect and base-

8. In the premise of the above noticed principles, let us now proceed to consider whether in the instant case there is any infraction of principles of natural justice which would invalidate the impugned action of the 4th respondent in canceling the admission of the petitioners students.

9. At the time of hearing, the learned Government Pleader for Education made available to us the original records of the case as directed by us and we have perused the same.

10. We have already noticed above the circumstances leading to the Government directing the Regional Joint Director of School Education, Hyderabad, to conduct a detailed enquiry into the allegations received by the Government regarding inclusion of the names of bogus students in the list of 160 students annexed to the G.O. Ms. No. 127/dated 30-9-2000 by the management of Noble College of Education. The Regional Joint Director of School Education, Hyderabad, in the course of enquiry, in the first instance, issued questionnaries to the Correspondent of the Noble College of Education as well as all the allotted students in the above noted two colleges. In reply to the questionnaire, the Correspondent of the Noble College of Education admitted that a notification was issued in the newspaper calling for applications from the eligible candidates for the post of Lecturers during the year 1998-99; notification was not issued in the newspapers inviting applications for admission to the B.Ed. course, but local aspirants for the course who approached the Correspondent to find out the status of the college were admitted on assurance of the Correspondent that he has applied to National Council of Teachers Education (NCTE), Bangalore and Government of Andhra Pradesh for necessary permission; lecturers from local area were appointed on a contract basis and classes were conducted for a period of five months from March to July, 1999; students so admitted completed teaching practice in nearby 20 schools. In response to the questionnaires issued to the students, the petitioners and the like admitted that they did not attend the college and teaching practice for various reasons such as (i) college did not obtain permission from NCTE and the Government of Andhra Pradesh; (ii) on medical grounds (iii) personal family problems (iv) due to elections etc. The petitioners also admitted they do not know even the names of lecturers who handled the classes for B.Ed. students for a period of five months. They could not give satisfactory explanation or proof in support of the tution fee and other fees paid to the management of the college at the time of admission. The Regional Joint Director of School Education, on consideration of replies of the Correspondent and the concerned students, and after inspection of available records maintained by and available with the management came to the prima facie conclusion that 107 students out of 160 students allotted to the two colleges were not genuine students. Accordingly, the Regional Joint Director of School Education submitted a report to the Government through the Director of School Education recommending action against the bogus candidates in order to facilitate the study of genuine students who were admitted by the management of the Noble College of Education. Of course, that report was the basis for issuing show cause notice dated 11-12-2000 to the petitioners. The following is the show-cause notice dated 11-12-2000 issued by the Principal of IASE, Masab Tank, Hyderabad to Ch. Anita, the 1st petitioner in W.P. No. 26348 of 2000:

Subsequently, certain complaints were received that some candidates in the list furnished by Sri Y. Sanjeeva Reddy, Correspondent of Noble College of education are not the bonafide students of that College.
When an enquiry was conducted about your bonafides, you have given a statement to the Regional Joint Director of School Education, Hyderabad by answering a questionnaire that you did not attend the teaching practice as prescribed in the course and attend the classes.
On the basis of the above, it is evident that you were not a bonafide student of the said college and you got your name included in the list through unfair means to get admission into the B.Ed. Course in this College.
As regards teaching practice stipulated for B.Ed. course, our class was divided into two batches, due to shortage of schools in Nalgonda District. I was allotted second batch. While the first batch candidates were undergoing teaching practice we came to know that the college has not got the permission.
I was shocked and we ran pillar to post seeking help. After undergoing a lot of agony and mental trauma and losing academic years finally the government has taken kind consideration of our plights and allowed us to pursue B.Ed. course at GOVT. I.A.S.E. Hyd.