JUDGMENT :

S.A. Bobde, J.

1. Chintpurni Medical College started in the year 2011 in the State of Punjab. This college is affiliated to Baba Farid University. It made an application to the Medical Council of India (hereinafter referred to as ‘MCI’) under Section 10(A) of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the IMC Act’) for establishing a new Medical College. The permission for the first batch was granted in the year 2011-12 on 30.06.2011. For the subsequent academic years i.e. 2012-13 and 2013-14, no renewal of permission was granted to the petitioner college, since the petitioner college was found to be deficient in the inspections carried out by the MCI. For the academic year 2014-15, petitioner was granted Letter of Permission (LOP) under the orders of this court passed in W.P (Civil) No.469 of 2014. Thereafter, no renewal of permission was granted to the petitioner for the academic year 2015-16. Petitioner college applied for the grant of recognition under section 11 of the IMC Act in the year 2015. MCI in order to determine whether the petitioner college fulfills the minimum eligibility requirements for grant of recognition under section 11 of the I