JUDGMENT

1. The present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India assails the disapproval letters issued by the respondent no. 1/National Medical Commission (hereinafter referred to as 'NMC') rejecting the petitioners' request for grant of permission for increase of seats in the petitioner no.2 college in the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (hereinafter referred to as 'MBBS') course as also in post-graduate courses of MS (Obstetrics & Gynaecology) and MS (Orthopaedics). The petitioners also assail the order dated 22.12.2021 vide which the respondents have directed an interim inspection of the petitioner no.2 college for continuation of its existing recognition for 100 MBBS seats.

2. The petitioner no.1 (formerly known as the Maharaji Educational Trust) is a trust which runs and manages a group of medical, dental, paramedical, and paradental colleges/institutions in the National Capital Region, including the petitioner no.2, a medical educational institute, offering MBBS course and post-graduate courses like MD, MS, M.Sc. and Ph.D. On 13.06.2007, the petitioner no.2, along with the Santosh Dental College, Ghaziabad, which college is also managed by the petit