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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
L.VICTORIA GOWRI
Srinivasan Medical College and Hospital – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent
ORDER :
Factual Matrix:-
These cases are with respect to the order passed by the first respondent in the second appeal filed under Section 28 (6) of the National Medical Commission Act, 2019, (herein after to be mentioned as NMC Act) by the writ petitioner Medical College regarding starting of new PG courses for 21 disciplines of broad and super speciality Post Graduate medical education, rejecting the second appeal, thereby confirming the decision of the first appeal Committee, that is, the second respondent dated 05.08.2024, which upheld the decision of the third respondent, that is, the Medical Assessment and Rating Board (herein after to be mentioned as MARB) dated 13.06.2024.
2. The writ petitioner College was established during the academic year 2021 - 2022 with an intake of 150 seats in the MBBS course. On 16.08.2023, the third respondent issued a public notice, inviting applications for starting New Courses/Increase of seats in Post Graduate courses, for the academic year 2024 - 2025. Pursuant to such notice, the petitioner college submitted applications for 21 disciplines of broad and super speciality Post Graduate medical education. Final order regarding the application of t
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