IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 27^TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO. 12575 OF 2025 (EDN-RES)

BETWEEN: MS. SANU S D/O MR. SURESH AGED ABOUT 18 YEARS R/AT 1/38B, MANDAKARAI MACHIKOLLI POST, VTC MUDUMALAI, GUDALUR NILGIRIS, TAMIL NADU - 643 211.

…PETITIONER (BY SRI. NISHANTH A.V, ADVOCATE)

AND:

1. RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES (RGUHS)

Digitally signed 4TH 'T' BLOCK, JAYANAGAR by SHARADAVANI BENGALURU - 560 041 B REP. BY ITS VICE CHANCELLOR.

Location: High Court of Karnataka

2. CAUVERY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY CAUVERY GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS NO.131/1, 2D, 2E, 2F, KBL LAYOUT MYSURU - 570 028 NEAR DEVEGOWDA CIRCLE REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL/DEAN …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. H.S. SUHAS, ADVOCATE FOR R1;

SRI. GIRISH KUMAR B.M, ADVOCATE FOR R2)

THIS W.P. IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECT THE 1ST RESPONDENT UNIVERSITY TO APPROVE THE ADMISSION OF THE PETITIONER FOR THE B.PHARMA COURSE FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2024-2025 AND ETC., THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN 'B' GROUP, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR

ORAL ORDER

In this petition, petitioner seeks the following reliefs: A. Issue a writ of Mandamus directing the 1st Respondent University to approve the admission of the Petitioner for the B.Pharma Course for the academic year 2024-2025;

B. Issue a writ in the nature of Mandamus directing the Respondents to collect the examination fee and to issue Hall Tickets by enabling the Petitioner to take up the First Semester B.Pharma Examination scheduled from 25.04.2025 vide notification dated 20.02.2025 issued by the 1st Respondent vide Annexure-G; and its bearing NO. RE [E]/EXAM/PHARM/NOTI/UG&EPG/Feb-2025 dated

20/2/205 C. Pass such other Order/s, grant such other relief/s, as this Hon'ble Court deems fit in the facts and circumstances of the case, in the interest of justice and equity.

2. A perusal of the material on record will indicate that the petitioner having completed her SSLC and class 12/II PUC became eligible to secure B Pharma seat in the second respondent college for the academic year 2024-25 and filed an application dated 10.05.2024 for enrolment/admission expressing her intention to pursue B Pharma course in second respondent college. On 25.06.2024 and 29.07.2024, the petitioner paid an admission fees in sums of Rs.15,000/- and Rs.1 lakh to the second respondent who accepted the same and issued receipts in favour of the petitioner which are produced as Annexure E series. Subsequently, on account of mistake committed by the second respondent college in not uploading the name of the petitioner but they uploading the name of one Sri Keerthana by oversight and inadvertence, the second respondent college intimated the first respondent RGUHS that there was a mistake in this regard and accordingly called upon the first respondent RGUHS to approve the admission of the petitioner to the second respondent college for the purpose of first year B Pharma course for the academic year 2024-25 affiliated to the first respondent University.

3. It is also contended that on 20.02.2025, the RGUHS issued a notification notifying examination for various courses of pharmacy pursuant to which the first respondent RGUHS addressed a communication dated 17.03.2025 intimating the second respondent college that out of the total intake of 100 seats, the approval admission of 99 students had been approved and the admission of one the aforesaid Keerthana was cancelled, but the name of the petitioner was not forthcoming in the approval list and as such, she is before this Court by way of the present petition.

4. When the matter came up before this Court on

24.04.2025, this Court passed the following order:

Sri.H.S.Suhas, learned counsel is directed to accept notice for respondent No.1.

Copies to be served.

Issue emergent notice to respondent No.2. In the meanwhile, by way of an interim arra