IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU

DATED THIS THE 15^TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2025

BEFORE

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO. 16360 OF 2024 (EDN-RES)

BETWEEN:

MALLIGE SCHOOL OF NURSING

HANUMANTHANAGARA, GUTTEPALYA,

BINNAMANAGALA NELAMANGALA

BANGALORE-562123

AN INSTITUTION RUN BY

JNANA EDUCATIONAL TRUST

REPRESENTED BY THE

MANAGING TRUSTEE

DR. MURALIDHAR R

…PETITIONER

(BY SRI. KRISHNA T., ADVOCATE)

AND:

THE INDIAN NURSING COUNCIL

Digitally signed

by 8TH FLOOR, NBCC CENTER,

SHARADAVANI

B PLOT NO.2 COMMUNITY CENTER

Location: High OKHLA PHASE 1,

Court of

Karnataka NEW DELHI-110002.

REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT.

…RESPONDENT

(BY SRI. SHIVARUDRA, ADVOCATE)

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THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND

227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECT THE RESPONDENT TO GRANT RECOGNITION/ SUITABILITY TO THE PETITIONER INSTITUTION BY CONSIDERING THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PETITIONER INSTITUTION DTD. 30.06.2023 PRODUCED AS ANNX-M AND IN TERMS OF THE

ORDER DTD. 30.03.2023 IN W.P.NO. 22685/2022 PASSED BY THIS HON'BLE COURT, PRODUCED AS ANNX-L.

THIS WRIT PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, 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 or any other appropriate writ, order or direction to the Respondent, to grant Recognition/Suitability to the petitioner Institution by considering the representation of the Petitioner Institution dated 30-06-2023 produced as Annexure M and in terms of the order dated 30-3-2023 in W.P.No.22685/2022 passed by this Hon'ble Court, produced as Annexure L.

b) Grant such other relief's as this Hon'ble Court would be pleased to grant in the 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 submitted a representation at Annexure M dated 30.06.2023, ventilating its grievances in the light of the order dated 30.03.2023 passed in Writ Petition No.22685/2022 (EDN-RES), having not been considered by the respondent, petitioner is before this Court by way of the present petition.

3. Per contra, learned counsel for the respondent submits that, if reasonable time is granted, the respondent would consider the representation of the petitioner and take appropriate decision/pass appropriate orders in accordance with law.

4. In the earlier round of litigation in Writ Petition No.22685/2022(EDN-RES), this Court passed the following order dated 30.03.2023, which reads as hereunder:

"Heard Sri. Krishna T., learned counsel for petitioner; Sri. Shivarudra, learned counsel for respondent and Sri.Nithin A.M. for the impleading applicant.

2. The petitioner is an educational Institution engaged in imparting General Nursing course namely Diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM), which is a three years course. The petitioner Nursing school obtained its requisite permission from the Government of Karnataka and the affiliation from the Karnataka State Nursing Council.

3. It is the contention of learned counsel for petitioner that a Trust Deed came to be entered into between M/s Mallige Medical Centre Private Limited, which was running the petitioner-Institution namely Mallige School of Nursing and same was transferred to the Trust namely Jnana Educational Trust and the said Trust is running the petitioner- Institution in the name of Mallige School of Nursing from the academic year 2013-14. He further, contends that M/s Mallige Medical Centre is a hospital which is a part of M/s Mallige Medical Centre Private Limited and by letter dated 20.08.2013, permission was granted to the Nursing students of petitioner-Institute to utilize the said Hospital for clinical facilities.

4. The Institution was running at Sector II, HMT Post, Bengaluru and later shifted to the address at Hanumanthanagar, Guttepalya, Binnamangala, Nelamangala, Bengaluru, which was thereafter approved by the Karnataka State Nursing Council. T