IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH : AMARAVATI ****

WRIT PETITION NO: 22690 of 2024 Between:

1. DR PEDAMALLU BABU SRINIVAS, S/O ANJANEYULU, AGED 52 YEARS, OCC-DOCTOR, R/O FLAT 103, RAKESH GRAND, VIDYANAGAR 1ST LANE, GUNTUR-522007, ANDHRA PRADESH ...PETITIONER AND

1. UNION OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE NIRMAN BHAWAN, MOTILAL NEHRU MARG AREA, NEW DELHI-110

011 REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY.

2. NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION, POCKET-14, SECTOR 8, DWARAKA PHASE-1, NEW DELHI-110 077 REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY

3. ETHICS AND MEDICAL REGISTRATION BOARD, NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION POCKET-14, SECTOR 8, DWARAKA PHASE-1, NEW DELHI-110 077 REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT ...RESPONDENTS DATE OF JUDGMENT PRONOUNCED: 02.03.2026 SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL:

THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G. RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD

1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes / No

2. Whether the copies of judgment may be marked to Law Reporters / Journals? Yes / No

3. Whether His Lordship wish to see the fair copy of the Judgment? Yes / No ________________________________________

GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD, J * THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD + WRIT PETITION NO: 22690 OF 2024 % 02.03.2026

1. DR PEDAMALLU BABU SRINIVAS, S/O ANJANEYULU, AGED 52 YEARS, OCC-DOCTOR, R/O FLAT 103, RAKESH GRAND, VIDYANAGAR 1ST LANE, GUNTUR-522007, ANDHRA PRADESH ...PETITIONER AND

1. UNION OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE NIRMAN BHAWAN, MOTILAL NEHRU MARG AREA, NEW DELHI-110

011 REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY.

2. NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION, POCKET-14, SECTOR 8, DWARAKA PHASE-1, NEW DELHI-110 077 REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY

3. ETHICS AND MEDICAL REGISTRATION BOARD, NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION POCKET-14, SECTOR 8, DWARAKA PHASE-1, NEW DELHI-110 077 REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT ...RESPONDENTS ! Counsel for : Party-in-Person Petitioner/s ^ Counsel for : Sri S.Vivek Chandrasekhar, learned Standing Respondent/s Counsel for Respondent Nos.2 & 3.

Gist:

> Head Note:

? Cases referred:

1) (2008) 3 SCC 432 2) (2024) 8 SCC 309

3) (1924) 1 KB 171 (CA)

Judgment reserved on 17.11.2025 Judgment pronounced on 02.03.2026 Judgment uploaded on 11.03.2026 APHC010429822024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3328]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

MONDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GANNAMANENI RAMAKRISHNA PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO: 22690 OF 2024 Between:

1. D R PEDAMALLU BABU SRINIVAS, S/O ANJANEYULU, AGED 52 YEARS, OCC-DOCTOR, R/O FLAT 103, RAKESH GRAND, VIDYANAGAR 1ST LANE, GUNTUR-522007, ANDHRA PRADESH ...PETITIONER AND

1. U NION OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE NIRMAN BHAWAN, MOTILAL NEHRU MARG AREA, NEW DELHI-110

011 REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY.

2. N ATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION, POCKET-14, SECTOR 8, DWARAKA PHASE-1, NEW DELHI-110 077 REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY

3. E THICS AND MEDICAL REGISTRATION BOARD, NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION POCKET-14, SECTOR 8, DWARAKA PHASE-1, NEW DELHI-110 077 REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT ...RESPONDENT(S):

Counsel for the Petitioner:

1. PARTY-IN-PERSON Counsel for the Respondent(S):

1. VIVEK CHANDRA SEKHAR S

2. ALEKHYA TADASINA(CENTRAL GOVT COUNSEL)

The Court made the following ORDER:

Heard Dr. Pedamallu Babu Srinivas, Party-in-Person (Writ Petitioner)

and Sri S.Vivek Chandrasekhar, learned Standing Counsel for Respondent Nos.2 & 3.

2. The Prayer sought in the present Writ Petition is as under:

“For the reasons stated above, It is therefore prayed that this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ. Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents No.2 and No.3 rejecting my application for additional qualifications registration of FRCS in General Surgery Degree (Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh) and FRCS in General Surgery Degree (Royal College of Surgeons of England) on the grounds that my name is not entered in the UK GMC Specialist register which is a totally unf