JUDGMENT :

SANJEEV NARULA, J.

1. Petitioner No. 1-Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College and Hospital [hereinafter, “Petitioner college”] is a NABH and NABL accredited college affiliated with Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai. Vide gazette notification dated 08th September, 2016, it was granted recognition to run MBBS course with an intake of 150 students. Desirous to increase its admission strength to 250 students from academic year 2021-22, Petitioner college made an application on 02nd December, 2020 with Medical Assessment and Rating Board [“MARB”] of Respondent No. 2-National Medical Commission [“NMC”]. The said request was processed, but on 31st December, 2021, MARB recommended increase by 50 seats only, taking total strength to 200. Dissatisfied with partial acceptance, Petitioner college preferred first appeal before First Appeal Committee, which was dismissed vide order dated 21st February, 2022 whereby the Committee not only disagreed with MARB, but also declined the request for increase of seats in entirety. As a result, original sanctioned intake of 150