JUDGMENT :

A.M. Shaffique, J.

The writ petition is filed by the Medical Director of Kannur Dental College challenging Ext.P7 show cause notice and Ext.P9 by which the college was denied affiliation for conducting Postgraduate and Undergraduate courses during the academic year 2020-2021.

2. It is inter alia contended that Dental Council of India had granted permission to the petitioner college to conduct Undergraduate Course (BDS) from 2006 and Postgraduate Course (MDS) was sanctioned in the year 2013. Ext.P1 had been produced to prove that the Government of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Dental Education Section) had permitted the college to conduct the MDS course in different disciplines in exercise of power under sub-section (2) of Section 10 of Dentists Act, 1948. By Ext.P1(a) dated 5/3/2018, yet another discipline of Postgraduate course was also sanctioned. The 1st respondent Kerala University of Health Sciences (hereinafter referred to as the 'University') used to grant affiliation each year after conducting inspection through Inspectors of their choice though no such procedure was being followed by any other universities. For getting continued affiliation for the