IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
ANIL K.NARENDRAN, MURALEE KRISHNA S.
Admission Supervisory Committee For Medical Education In Kerala – Appellant
Versus
Karthik Dev R S/o. Late Raveendran Nair – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. writ appeal dismissal due to lack of maintainability (Para 1) |
| 2. admission process under obc category (Para 2) |
| 3. role and powers of the admission supervisory committee (Para 3 , 4 , 9) |
| 4. maintainability of the appeal by the admission supervisory committee (Para 5 , 6 , 7 , 8) |
JUDGMENT
Muralee Krishna, J.
The preliminary point we answer by this order is the maintainability of this writ appeal, in view of the challenge raised by the 1st respondent regarding the entitlement of the appellant Admission Supervisory Committee (the ‘Committee’ for short) to file the appeal, contending that the appellant being a statutory body constituted under the Kerala Medical Education (Regulation and Control of Admission to Private Medical Educational Institutions) Act , 2017 (‘Act 15 of 2017’ for short), cannot be considered as the aggrieved person.
2. The facts which led to the filing of W.P.(C)No.31971 of 2024, from which the present writ appeal has arisen, are as under:
2.1. The 1st respondent - writ petitioner appeared for the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (UG) -2023 and scored 105 marks in the said test. The result of the test was declared on 13.06.2023, and 1st respondent w

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