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2023 Supreme(Cal) 114

MOUSHUMI BHATTACHARYA
Apollo Multispeciality Hospitals Limited – Appellant
Versus
West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioners: Mr. Ratnanko Banerji, Mr. Sarvapriya Mukherjee, Mr. Biswajit Kumar, Mr. Deepan Sarkar, Ms. Mahima Cholera.
For the Respondent: Mr. Samrat Sen, Mr. Manali Ali, Mr. Avick Ghatak.

JUDGMENT :

(Moushumi Bhattacharya, J.)

1. The petitioner no.1 is in the business of providing healthcare services and is a "Clinical Establishment" as defined under section 2(c) of The West Bengal Clinical Establishments (Registration, Regulation and Transparency) Act, 2017 (“the Act”). The petitioners pray for a Declaration as well as for Mandamus with regard to certain Advisories and an Order dated 02.07.2021, issued by the respondent West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission. The petitioners pray that the impugned Advisories and the Order be declared as discriminatory, perverse and without jurisdiction and a Mandamus be issued commanding the respondent to recall and rescind the impugned Advisories and the Order.

2. The 26 impugned Advisories between 27.07.2020 and 07.09.2021 and the impugned Order dated 2.07.2021 were issued by the respondent Commission for fixation of rates and charges by Clinical Establishments (“CEs”) from patients in the State. The Advisories were meant for private hospitals and covers the petitioner no. 1.

3. According to learned counsel appearing for the petitioners, the impugned Advisories and Order were made without jurisdiction and are co

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