JUDGMENT :

Amitava Roy, J.

In assailment is the order dated 31.05.2017 of the Government of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Department of Health and Family Welfare) whereby the conditional permission for the establishment of the medical colleges, involved herein with number of seats as mentioned, for the academic year 2016-17, granted on the basis of the approval of the Supreme Court Mandated Oversight Committee (for short, hereinafter to be referred to as “Oversight Committee”) has been cancelled and the colleges have been debarred from admitting students in the next two academic years i.e. 2017-18 and 2018-19. Thereby, the Medical Council of India, (for short, hereinafter to be referred to as “MCI'/Council”) has also been authorised to encash the bank guarantees submitted by the colleges/institutions, as required for availing the conditional permission as above. The colleges/institutions have been directed not to admit students in the MBBS Course in the academic years 2017-18 and 2018-19.

2. We have heard M/s. Salman Khurshid, S.G. Hasnain, Gurukrishna Kumar, A. Sharan, P.S. Patwalia, Kapil Sibal, V. Giri, Nidhesh Gupta, R. Basant, Raju Ramachandran, Sanjay R. Hegde, D