Swatanter Kumar, C.J.

Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. By consent, rule called out and heard.

2. The petitioner claims to be a member registered under the provisions of Maharashtra Nurses Act, 1966 (hereinafter referred to as `the Act) and has averred that the State is responsible for implementing and enforcing the provisions of Maharashtra Nurses Act, 1966 in all concerned establishments. Section 3 of the said Act provides that the State of Maharashtra by notification in the Official Gazette is supposed to establish Maharashtra Nursing Council which is to be constituted in accordance with the provisions of the Act. As per the prescribed constitution, the Council is a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal, with right to perform different functions in terms of the Act. The Council is to consist of exofficio members, elected members and nominated members. The State Government is to nominate four members to the Council, out of whom one shall be a Public Health Nurse and three shall be from amongst the medical practitioners or teachers in nursing colleges and notify in the Official Gazette. The expression, “College” has not been defined in the A