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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
MR.JUSTICE N.NAGARESH, J
PRINCIPAL Al-azhar MEDICAL COLLEGE &&& SUPER SPECIALTY – Appellant
Versus
UNION OF INDIA – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
N.NAGARESH, J.
The petitioner, who is Principal of a Self Financing Medical College, is before this Court seeking to quash Ext.P23 order of disapproval issued by the 1st respondent to start M.D. (Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy) for the Academic Year 2024-2025 in the petitioner's College and to issue approval to start course in this Academic Year.
2. The petitioner states that the Medical College was established in the year 2014-2015. It is a “minority institution”. The College was started with the Letter of Permission (LoP) of the Central Government. The LoP was recommended by the Medical Council of India. The College has been affiliated with the University. The College was granted recognition by including the name of the College in the First Schedule of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956.
3. For the year 2024-2025, the petitioner applied for permission to start PG Courses, including M.D. (Dermatology). The National Medical Commission (NMC) issued Ext.P2 public notice directing the applicant-Colleges to produce bank guarantees for the courses applied for. The ₹ College provided Bank guarantee for an amount of 85 lakhs, as evidenced by Ext.P3. Thereafter, the NMC issu
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