The order of the 2nd respondent dated 10.09.2013, rejecting renewal of permission for the fourth batch of 100 MBBS students to the The order of the 2nd respondent dated 10.09.2013, rejecting renewal of permission for the fourth batch of 100 MBBS students to the 2nd petitioner-College for the academic year 2013-2014, is questioned in this Writ Petition as being arbitrary, illegal and contrary to the provisions of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 and the Regulations made thereunder.

Facts, to the extent relevant, are that the 3rd petitioner is the chairman of the 1st petitioner Society and the Director of the 2nd petitioner-college. The 1st petitioner is a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. It claims to be a charitable organisation whose aims and objects include spreading education among the backward classes in Srikakulam district - a predominantly agency area in the State of Andhra Pradesh. It is the petitioners’ case that the 2nd petitioner-college was established in furtherance of its objects of imparting quality medical education to the youth from the backward classes; more than 66% of all students in the 2nd petitioner-college are from