IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO. 284 of 2026 In R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION/12030/2025 With CIVIL APPLICATION NO.1 OF 2026 ======================================

MILANKUMAR ISHVARBHAI PATEL Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.

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Appearance:

MR JIGAR GADHAVI for MR. SUMIT V CHAUDHARI(9388) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MS HETAL PATEL, ASSISTANT GOVERNMENT PLEADER for the Respondent(s) No. 1 MS RV ACHARYA(1124) for the Respondent(s) No. 2 ======================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MRS.

JUSTICE SUNITA AGARWAL and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D.N.RAY Date : 07/04/2026 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MRS.

JUSTICE SUNITA AGARWAL)

1. Heard learned Counsel for the appellant and perused the record.

2. This intra-court appeal is directed against the judgment and order dated 30.01.2026 passed by the learned Single Judge in a writ petition wherein the order passed by the State appropriate authority in Appeal No.3 of 2025 dated 31.05.2025 and the consequent directions therein, under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994 (‘PC & PNDT Act’ in short) has been dismissed was s