JUDGMENT

a. S. Chandurkar, J. - Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard the learned counsel for the parties.

The petitioner is aggrieved by the communication dated 02/02/2022 that has been issued by the firstt respondent-Union of India through its Under Secretary, (IC & IH) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare whereby the petitioner's request for issuance of No Objection Certificate for 'No Obligation To Return To India' (NORI) has not been accepted in view of guidelines dated 03/08/2021.

2. The petitioner has completed his Post Graduation in the medical field and has obtained MD degree from Smolensk State Medical academy, Russia. The petitioner claims to have interest in pursuing medical research and research project management prospects. In September 2011 the petitioner passed the Foreign Medical Graduate Exam (FMGE) and received his National Medical Commission registration in May 2013. The petitioner between June 2013 to april 2017 had visited the United States of america (USa) on a visitor Visa status for meeting his mother who is a green card holder. During that time the petitioner applied for non-immigrant J-1 (Research Scholar) Visa so as to work on research programmes