REKHA PALLI, J.

1. Vide the present petition, the Petitioner/Institute has inter alia impugned the decision dated 06.02.2018 taken by the Executive Committee of the Respondent No. 2/Medical Council of India (hereinafter referred to as "MCI"), recommending disapproval of the Petitioner’s application/scheme for increase in the number of MBBS seats from 150 to 250 seats, for the academic year 2018-19. The Petitioner also prays for a direction to the Respondent No. 2 to accept the Petitioner's application/scheme for increase in the number of MBBS seats, in consonance with the directions issued by the Respondent No. 1/Union of India vide its order dated 31.01.2018, and to carry out all the necessary consequential steps, including inspection of the Petitioner. The Petitioner further prays for a direction to the Respondent No. 2 to issue a letter of permission to the Petitioner, after giving it an adequate opportunity to comply with the deficiencies, if any, found upon inspection.

2. The case set up by the Petitioner is that it is a medical college established in 2006 and it became a constituent college of Chettinad Academy of Research and Education (deemed to be a University unde