ORDER :

1. The writ petitions have been preferred claiming the following reliefs :

In S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 15046/2021:-

“i. The Petitioner may be granted affiliation and permitted to undertake B.Sc. Nursing course for the academic session 2021-22 and the name of the Petitioner may be included in all the rounds of counseling;

ii. The Respondent authorities may kindly be directed to include the Petitioner institution in the list of institutions eligible and allowed to take admission of students for B.S.C. (N) Course for the academic session 2021-22;

iii. That the Petitioner institution be declared to be entitled to take admission of students for B.Sc. (Nursing) course for the session 2021-22;”

In S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 13683/2022:-

“i. The Respondent authorities may kindly be directed to enroll and register the students for B.SC. (N) Course for the academic session 2021-22;

ii. That the Respondent No. 3 may be directed to upload the details of the admitted students of the Petitioner Institute on its web portal and process the enrollment of students of the Petitioner Institute for academic session 2021-22;

iii. That the Respondents be further directed to permit the students to give examination and declare the results of the same.”

In S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 17991/2022:-

“Quash and set aside letter dated 01.11.2022 (Annx.12) and direct the Respondents to grant affiliation to the Petitioner for the academic session 2022-23.

ii. The Petitioner may be granted affiliation and permitted to undertake B.Sc. Nursing course for the academic session 2022-23 and the name of the Petitioner may be included in all the rounds of counseling;

iii. The Respondent authorities may kindly be directed to include the Petitioner institution in the list of institutions eligible and allowed to take admission of students for B.SC. (N) Course for the academic session 2022-23;

iv. That the Respondent No. 3 may be directed to upload the details of the admitted students of the Petitioner Institute on its web portal and process the enrollment of students of the Petitioner Institute for academic session 2022-23;

V. That the Respondents be further directed to permit the students to give examination and declare the results of the same.”

In S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 10376/2023 :-

“i. The Petitioner may be granted affiliation and permitted to undertake B.Sc. Nursing course for the academic session 2023-24 and the name of the Petitioner may be included in all the rounds of counseling;

ii. The Respondent authorities may kindly be directed to include the Petitioner institution in the list of institutions eligible and allowed to take admission of students for B.SC. (N) Course for the academic session 2023-24;

iii. That the Respondent No. 3 may be directed to upload the details of the admitted students of the Petitioner Institute on its web portal and process the enrollment of students of the Petitioner Institute for academic session 2023-24;

iv. That the Respondents be further directed to permit the students to give examination and declare the results of the same.”

2. The bone of contention in the present matter is the NOC pertaining to B.Sc. (N) Course, for which, the petitioner-Institution was given by the State in year 2008. In pursuance of the NOC, the petitioner-institution has been running B.Sc. Nursing Course 200910 onwards until 2013-14. Meanwhile an Anti Corruption Bureau proceedings were started against the petitioner-Institution, after lodging the FIR bearing No.165/2015 for the offences under Sections 13(1)(d) and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 read with Section 120-B of IPC. In pursuance of the Anti Corruption Bureau proceedings, the petitioner-Institution was debarred from granting admission to the students for B.Sc. Nursing Course from the Session 2014-15 onwards, for which, the petitioner-Institution filed a writ petition bearing S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.898/2015 for challenging the communication dated 28.08.2014.

3. This