2026:CGHC:3510 RUKHSAR BANO NAFR RUKHSAR BANO Date: 2026.01.24 HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

11:10:22 +0530 WPC No. 259 of 2026

1 - Parvati Yadav D/o Rambharosh Yadav Aged About 19 Years R/o Village Khhairri, Tehsil Bhaiyathan, Distt. Surajpur, Chhattisgarh.

2 - Sheetal Singh D/o Maan Singh Aged About 18 Years R/o Village Sonpur, P.O.

Banja, Distt. Surajpur, Chhattisgarh 497231.

3 - Geetanjali Singh D/o Nirmal Singh Aged About 18 Years R/o Village Chukhandand, Tehsil Lakhanpur, Distt. Surajpur, Chhattisgarh.

4 - Sumati Bai D/o Vikul Singh Aged About 22 Years R/o Village Pasta, Tehsil Ramanujnagar, Distt. Surajpur, Chhattisgarh.

5 - Manisha D/o Tibhu Singh Aged About 19 Years R/o Village Bharda, Tehsil And Distt. Surajpur, Chhattisgarh.

6 - Anita D/o Santosh Aged About 19 Years R/o Village Jillibandh, P.O. Tambandh, Tehsil Khandgava, Distt. Korea, Chhattisgarh.

7 - Reema Lakra D/o Kalinder Lakra Aged About 20 Years R/o Ward No. 03, Village Rata Silli, P.O. Kusmi, Distt. Balrampur Ramanujganj, Chhattisgarh.

8 - Laxmi D/o Rajesh Chaudhari Aged About 18 Years R/o Ghutrpara, Near Paani Tanki, Ambikapur, Distt. Surguja, Chhattisgarh.

9 - Sanju Ravi D/o Dhaneswar Ravi Aged About 19 Years R/o Ward No. 7, Shanti Nagar, Shivnandanpur, P.S. Bishrampur, Distt. Surguja, Chhattisgarh.

10 - Savita Lakra D/o Anuklal Lakra Aged About 22 Years R/o Chandarpur, Bhaiyathan, P.O. Salka, Distt. Surajpur, Chhattisgarh.

11 - Nupur Vishwakarma D/o Praveen Vishwakarma Aged About 18 Years R/o Village Nawapara, Tehsil And Distt. Surajpur, Chhattisgarh.

... Petitioners versus

1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary To The Govt. Of Chhattisgarh, Department Of Medical Education, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, P.S. Rakhi, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

2 - The Commissioner Directorate Of Medical Education, Swasthya Bhawan, North Block, Second Floor, Nawa Raipur, Atal Nagar, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

3 - The Director Directorate Of Medical Education, Swasthya Bhawan, North Block, Second Floor, Nawa Raipur, Atal Nagar, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

4 - The Chairman Counselling Committee, Directorate Of Medical Education, Swasthya Bhawan, North Block, Second Floor, Nawa Raipur, Atal Nagar, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

5 - Chhattisgarh Professional Examination Board Through Controller Of Examination, Vyapam Bhawan, North Block, Section 19, Nawa Raipur, Atal Nagar, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

6 - Indian Nursing Council Through Its, Secretary, Address 8th Floor, Nbcc Centre, Plot No. 2, Community Center Okhla Phase-I, New Delhi 110020.

... Respondents (Cause title, as taken from CIS system)

For Petitioners : Mr. Sanjay Pathak, Advocate For State/Respondents No.1 to 4 : Mr. Vivek Verma, Govt. Advocate For Respondent No.5 : Ms. Akanksha Singh, Advocate appears on behalf of Mr. Avinash Singh, Adv.

For Respondent No.6 : Mr. Ramakant Mishra, Advocate.

(Hon’ble Shri Justice Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi)

Order on Board

21/01/2026

1. This petition has been preferred by petitioners under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking following reliefs:- “10.1 That, this Hon'ble Court may be kind enough in issuing a writ in the nature of mandamus, certiorari or likewise any other appropriate writ, order or direction directing the Respondents State to re-open and extend the counselling process for admission to the B.Sc Nursing Courses for the academic session 2025-26 for a further period of one month beyond 31.12.2025;

10.2 That, this Hon'ble Court may be kind enough in issuing a writ in the nature of mandamus, certiorari or likewise any other appropriate writ, order or commands, commanding and directing the Respondents to relax the eligibility criterion prescribing a minimum cut-off of 10 percentile upto 5 percentile/percentage, and to permit participation of petitioner on the basis of marks/percentage, in accordance with the Chhattisgarh Nursing Course Admission Rules, 2019 (as amended in 2022) and the guidelines issued by the Indian Nursing Council; and allow petitioners to enroll them for counselling on their offici