IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR
Vinit Kumar Mathur, J.
Shri Maharshi Dadhich Education Society, Through Its Secretary Raj Dadhich - Appellant
Vs.
State Of Rajasthan Through Its Principal Secretary, Medical And Health Department, Government Of Rajasthan, Government Secretariat, Jaipur Rajasthan - Respondent
S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 6869, 13218 of 2018
Decided On : 04-03-2022
Constitution of India, 1950 – Article 226 – Power of High court to issue writs - Writ petitions were filed by petitioner Institute against order and other consequential orders vide which petitioner Institute was banned for allotment of students for admission in course of GNM/B.Sc. Nursing on ground that in Institution, certain deficiencies were found at time of inspection – Held, Court have considered submissions made at Bar and undisputed facts in present case noted above show that for Academic Session 2017-18 for GNM and B.Sc. Nursing Courses, State Government passed an order vide which, petitioner Institute was banned for admissions and allotting students on account of certain deficiencies in petitioner Institute. In circumstances, interim orders were passed in present writ petitions in pursuance of which, petitioner Institute had given admissions to students who have pursued their courses. During the pendency of writ petitions, State Government has revoked ban order and in view of removal of deficiencies, name of petitioner Institute has been included in list issued by Rajasthan Nursing Council, allowing petitioner Institute for admitting students in GNM/B.Sc. Nursing Course - Court is of view that students who have been admitted by petitioner Institute in view of interim orders passed by this Court, they may be allowed to complete their courses and respondents are directed to issue degrees and other certificates to students who have completed their course for Academic Session 2017-18 - Writ petitions disposed of.
ORDER :
Heard learned counsel for the parties.
2. The case comes up on an application (01/22) for declaring result of students pursuing B.Sc. third year Nursing Course from the petitioner - Institute.
3. However, since the controversy involved in the present matters is short, therefore, with the consent of learned counsel for the parties, the matters are being heard finally and disposed of by this common order.
4. The present writ petitions were filed by the petitioner Institute against the order dated 16/10/2017 and other consequential orders vide which the petitioner Institute was banned for allotment of students for admission in the course of GNM/B.Sc. Nursing on the ground that in the Institution, certain deficiencies were found at the time of inspection.
5. The petitioner Institute filed writ petitions before this Court and this Court at the time of issuing notices in the writ petitions passed the following orders :-
Issue notice.
Meanwhile, the petitioner – Institute is permitted to participate in the ongoing counselling of GNM Course but the students shall be duly informed about the ongoing litigation of the petitioner – Institute.
List the matter on 10.07.2018.
S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 13218/2018 :
30/08/2018
Issue notice.
To be heard along with S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.6869/2018.
Meanwhile, the petitioner – Institute is permitted to participate in the ongoing counselling of GNM/BSc. Nursing Course as the case may be but the students shall be duly informed about the ongoing litigation of the petitioner – Institute”.
6. In pursuance of the interim orders granted by this Court, the petitioner – Institute granted admissions to the students in the GNM and B.Sc. Nursing Course. During the pendency of the writ petitions, the ban imposed vide order dated 16/10/2017 was revoked by the State Government vide order dated 13/01/2021 on the condition that the petitioner – Institute was required to deposit a certificate issued by the Rajasthan Pollution Control Board within a period of one month.
7. Learned counsel for the petitioner – Institute submits that in pursuance of the conditional revocation order of the State Government dated 13/01/2021, the petitioner – Institute has deposited the requisite certificate before the competent authorities and removed the deficiencies pointed out during the course of inspection, and, therefore, the State Government has revoked the ban order dated 16/10/2017. On account of the deposition of the certificate and removing the deficiencies pointed out during the Course of Inspection, the name of the petitioner – Institute has been reflected in the list of Institutions shown by the Rajasthan Nursing Council, Jaipur for admitting the students in GNM/BSc. Nursing Course. The approval has also been granted by the Respondent University. He, therefore, submits that in view of the order passed by the State Government on 13/01/2021, the impediment created vide order dated 16/10/2017 has been removed and, therefore the students who have been admitted for pursing the said courses for the Academic Session 2017-18 may be permitted to participate in the Examinations and they may be granted the requisite degrees and certificates for the same. Learned counsel for the petitioner – Institute has relied upon a judgment of this Court passed in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.9804/2012 decided on 02/03/2017 in Vijaya Raje College of Nursing vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors.
8. Learned counsel for the respondents are not in a position to dispute the facts in the present case.
9. This Court in the identical set of facts has decided the controversy in the following terms : -
The main legal point established is that the courses completed by the students from the petitioner-institute should not be disturbed, as the deficiencies pointed out by the Indian Nursing Council had....
The court established that changes in regulatory approvals can retroactively validate student admissions and examination eligibility.
Court is of firm opinion that without issuing any notice to Petitioner Institution for withdrawal of permission granted there cannot be any unilateral denial of renewal in the year 2022.
The main legal point established in the judgment is the limitation of the Indian Nursing Council's power to recognize nursing institutions and the importance of compliance with standards and coordina....
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