JUDGMENT :

AVINASH G. GHAROTE, J.

1. Heard. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith.

2. The present petition seeks to quash and set aside clause 13 (a) (ii) of the brochure for transfer of medical students in the State published by the respondent no.1/Director of Medical Education and Research (DMER, hereinafter) and so also the communication dated 20/8/2020 by the respondent no.1/DMER and to allow the application of the petitioner dated 25/6/2020, seeking transfer to the Nagpur college on account of petitioner's health and the prevailing pandemic of Covid-19.

3. The petitioner is a student of MBBS course and is presently pursuing her studies in Government Medical College, Akola, having been admitted on 10/7/2018. The petitioner on 25/6/2020 (pg.79), made an application, to the authorities for her migration, from the Government Medical College (GMC), Akola to either of the Government Medical Colleges at Nagpur, under Regulation 6 (1) of Chapter II of the Regulations of respondent no.2/Medical Council of India (MCI, hereinafter), as modified on 22/12/2008.

4. The petitioner who claimed to be suffering from allergic bronchitis with chronic bronchial asthma, of a moderate persistent nature, f