Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, J.

1. This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India impugns Proviso (b) to Regulation 8(3)(1) (as it stands, after the amendment w.e.f. 16th April, 2010) of the “Establishment of Medical College Regulations, 1999” framed by the respondent No. 2 Medical Council of India (MCI) in exercise of powers conferred by Sections 10A and 33 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. The petition also claims consequential reliefs concerning the two petitioners.

2. The writ petition came up before us first on 20th May, 2015, when the counsel for the respondent No. 1 Union of India and the senior counsel for the respondent No. 2 MCI appeared on advance notice. The petitioners, along with the writ petition have also filed an application seeking interim directions to the respondent No. 2 MCI to inspect the “Institute of Medical Sciences & Research” Mayni, Satara, Maharashtra, a medical college established by the petitioner No. 1 Shree Chhatrapati Shivaji Education Society and of which Society the petitioner No. 2 Mr. Nitin B. Pawar is the Director. In a nutshell, the petitioners’ Medical College, for the reason of the Regulation impugned in this petition, h