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DINESH MEHTA
Tirupati Balaji Educational Trust – Appellant
Versus
Union Of India, Through Its Secretary, Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare, Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Dinesh Mehta, J.
1. By way of present writ petition, the petitioners have challenged the communication dated 29.06.2024, whereby petitioners’ request for enhancement of seats from 150 to 250 has been turned down.
2. The petitioner No.1 is a trust, running a medical college in the name and style as Pacific Medical College and Hospital at Udaipur-Petitioner No.2.
3. The petitioner No.1 was granted permission to run MBBS course with the intake capacity of 150 seats for the academic year 2014-15, whereafter in the year 2021, the petitioner started post graduation course as well.
4. As per the assertions made by the petitioner, a huge amount of Rs. 191,50,08,540/- was incurred on development and infrastructure apart from purchase of equipment worth Rs. 50 crores. An assertion has also been made by the petitioner that it has a fully functional hospital with 1040 beds.
5. On 18.08.2023, applications for establishment of new medical colleges, increase/enhancement of intake capacity were invited with the following timeline:-
| S.No. | Steps | Timeline |
| 1. | Online application to NMC-Filling Application form, Fees, supporting documents | August – September |
| 2. | Evaluation | |
Enhancement of medical college seats must be evaluated based on current infrastructure and faculty, not solely on past deficiencies or penalties.
The court held that expert regulatory bodies' assessments of medical institutions' deficiencies are not to be overridden by the judiciary unless significant jurisdictional errors are proven.
The distinction between the establishment of new medical colleges and the enhancement of student intake in existing colleges is critical; prior judicial rulings must not impede justified applications....
The central legal point established in the judgment is that the rejection of the petitioner's request for increasing the intake of students in the MBBS course was unjustified and unsustainable, as it....
Court reaffirmed the necessity of timely processing applications for educational seat enhancements, emphasizing adherence to statutory timelines under the National Medical Commission Act.
When public interest is involved, facts emerging from subsequent events can be looked into to support an administrative order.
Advocates appeared :For the Appellant : Siddharth Radhe Lal Gupta For the Respondent : J. K. Jain, Anoop Nair, Akshay Pawar
The court upheld the authority of the National Medical Commission to regulate medical education standards, emphasizing adherence to statutory requirements for college establishment.
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