JUDGMENT

Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, J. (Oral)--This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed by the petitioner-institution to challenge the decision dated 11.11.2022 taken by the respondent-Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) in its 381st Executive Committee (EC) Meeting rejecting the application for grant of approval for B.Pharm course. The petitioner also prays for further directions to grant approval for B.Pharm course for the Academic Session 2023-24 expeditiously, in any case, before 10.04.2023. The said 381st EC meeting's minutes dated 11.11.2022 are also affirmed in an appeal vide order dated 02.02.2023.

2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner states that the petitioner-institution was granted approval by the respondent-PCI for operating D.Pharm course from Academic Session 2017-18. The petitioner from the Academic Session 2022-23 with an intention to operate B.Pharm course applied for grant of approval from the respondent-PCI. He further states that on 12.08.2022, the application of the petitioner-institution for grant of approval with respect to B.Pharm course was rejected on the ground of non submission of consent of affiliation