( 1 ) PETITIONER filed this writ petition challenging the order of the Chief Medical Officer, Pilibhit dated 31-12-91 by which the Chief Medical Officer directed the petitioner not to practice as a Medical Practitioner unless he gets himself registered as a medical practitioner by the Registrar, Indian Medicines Board, U. P. The petitioner prayed for quashing of the order of the Chief Medical Officer, Pilibhit dated 31-12-91 and also prayed for issuing a writ of mandamus directing the respondents not to interfere in the petitioners functioning as a medical practitioner in Ayurvedic.

( 2 ) THE petitioner claimed to have obtained a degree in Vaidya Visharad from Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Allahabad in the year 1987. He stated to have got himself registered vide Registration No. 72305 in Rajkiya Ayurvedic Evam Unani Chikitsa Parishad, Bihar on 9-12-88. Apparently, on the basis of the alleged degree of Vaidya Visharad, from Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Allahabad, petitioner claimed to have appeared in the examination of Ayurved Ratna from Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Allahabad. A photostat copy of the mark-sheet for Ayurved Ratna, II part dated 21-8-90 has been annexed as Annexure