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HIGH COURT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR
WASIM SADIQ NARGAL, J
BASHIR AHMAD BADROO AND ORS. – Appellant
Versus
UNION TERRITORY OF J AND K AND ORS. (HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT) – Respondent
ORDER :
WP(C) No. 432/2021
01. In this petition, the petitioners are seeking the following relief:-
“A writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents particularly the respondent no. 4 to register the petitioners as Pharmacists and enter their names on the Register maintained by the Pharmacy Council of J&K.”
02. The instant petition has been filed by the petitioners and amongst them, the petitioners 1 to 4, at the time of filing of the instant writ petition, were working as Pharmacists in the respondent-Institute i.e., SKIMS and have served the said Institute for almost 35 years. The petitioners 1 to 4 have retired from service as Chief Pharmacists, whereas the petitioner no. 5, who, during the pendency of the instant petition, was working as Senior Pharmacist, has also retired from service as Chief Pharmacist.
03. Mr. N.A.Beigh, learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners after having worked as Chief Pharmacists for years together, have gained a lot of experience in Pharmacy and, therefore, with a twin object to serve the people as Pharmacists after their retirement and to maintain it as a source of income, applied for their registration as Pharmacists
The court upheld the respondents' decision to reject the petitioners' registration as Pharmacists based on qualifications not meeting the Pharmacy Act, 1948 criteria.
The court upheld that the respondents fulfilled their obligation by issuing a detailed order rejecting the petitioners' registration claims under the Pharmacy Act, 1948, due to lack of requisite qual....
Student completing diploma without fraud or suppression, despite 10+2 technical ineligibility, entitled to pharmacist registration; fault of admitting institution not to prejudice after certification....
A registration authority cannot deny eligibility when the candidates have previously been accepted based on verified qualifications, as per regulations.
A diploma in pharmacy must be approved by the Pharmacy Council of India for registration as a pharmacist under the Pharmacy Act, 1948.
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