JUDGMENT :

PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV, J.

1. This batch of writ petitions is taken up for hearing analogously as Neutral Citation Number 2023/DHC/000467 the issue involved is similar.

2. The facts are taken from W.P.(C) 150/2023 Raghunathpur College Of Pharmacy v. Pharmacy Council Of India.

3. The petitioner - Raghunathpur College Of Pharmacy with an object to impart education in pharmacy courses made an application with requisite fees etc on 09.08.2022 to Pharmacy Counsel of India (PCI) for the grant of approval to run diploma in Pharmacy (D.Pharm) course for the academic session 2022-2023.

4. On 05.12.2022, an inspection of the petitioner-institution was conducted by a team of two inspectors. On 17.12.2022, Executive Committee (EC) of PCI considered the case of the petitioner in its 386th EC meeting and rejected the application of the petitioner on the ground that the institution has failed to provide facilities as per statutory regulations.

5. Needless to state that in all writ petitions, a similar decision has been taken on three dates i.e. 05.12.2022 (384th meeting), 09.12.2022 (