In this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution, the petitioner- Radiological & Imaging Association (State Chapter- Jalna) (hereafter referred to as "the petitioner" or "the Association") has challenged the circular dated 14 January 2011 of Collector and District Magistrate, Kolhapur (exhibit `F') requiring the Radiologists and Sonologists to submit on-line form F under the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques Rules, 2003. The Association has also challenged the circular dated 10 March 2010 (exhibit `A’) issued by the Collector in which reference is made to the workshop of doctors, sonologists and radiologists of Kolhapur held on 8 March 2010 and to the discussion at the said workshop for installation of SIOB (silent observer) for all the sonography machines, as a part of `save the baby’ campaign for improving sex ratio in the district.

2. The petitioner-association is a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, formed for promoting, inter alia, the study and practice of Radio-diagnosis, ultrasound, CT, MRI and other imaging modalities. Members of the Association are medical practitioners who are imaging specialists engaged, int