Existing institutions' applications for seat enhancement must be processed on merits per prior Division Bench directions, subject to infrastructure verification.

ORDER

Challenging the letters issued by the 3^rd respondent dated 23.02.2026 rejecting the request of the petitioner for enhancement of seats in BPT Degree Course and MPT Degree Course, the present writ petition is filed.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is a well established Institute of Paramedical Sciences administering a college of Physiotherapy and other courses under the aegis of S.N.R.Sons Charitable Trust, a public charitable trust which has been engaged in the filed of education and healthcare for over five decades in the state of Tamil Nadu. At present the petitioner College is affiliated to 3^rd respondent University. The petitioner College is presently conducting Bachelor or of Physiotherapy Degree Course with an approved intake of 50 seats and Master of Physiotherapy Degree Course with an approved intake of 17 seats. In order to enhance intake capacity in future, the petitioner College has made substantial infrastructure facilities such as faculty and clinical facilities. Therefore, seeking enhancement of intake capacity from 50 to 100 seats in BPT and from 17 to 32 seats in MPT course respectively, the petitioner college submitted a letter dated 09.02.2026 before the 3^rd respondent. However, vide the impugned letter dated 23.02.2026, the 3^rd respondent mechanically rejected the petitioner’s request placing reliance on executive communications and Government Orders which have already been quashed by this Court and subsequently affirmed by a Division Bench of this Court. He further submitted that the impugned rejection is arbitrary, illegal, and suffer from non application of mind. Challenging the same, the present writ petition is filed.

3. Today, when the matter is taken up for consideration, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the issue arising herein is no longer res integra and the same was decided by a Division Bench of this Court in its judgment dated 02.12.2025 in W.A.Nos.3213, 3277 and 3678 of 2025, in the case of Union of India, Ministry of Health Care and Family Welfare Vs Sri Rengasamy Educational Trust , represented by its Administrative Officer Accordingly, he prayed for issuance of appropriate orders.

4. Learned Senior Counsel appearing for the 1st respondent, on instructions, would submit that this court may pass similar orders in this writ petition also in terms of the order passed in the Writ Appeals cited supra.

5. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Govt.

Advocate appearing for the respondents 1 and 2 and the learned counsel appearing for the 3^rd respondent and perused the order passed by the Division Bench of this Court dated 02.12.2025 made in W.A.Nos.3213, 3277 and 3678 of 2025, wherein, in paragraph 46, the Honourable Division Bench has held as follows:

“46. In view of the aforesaid discussions and having regard to the factual matrix and taking into account of the totality of the situation as has been projected in this order, we are inclined to dispose of the writ appeals and writ petition with the following order:

(i) That insofar as the impugned order passed by the learned Writ Court dated 16.09.2025 is concerned, the two directions given by the learned Single Judge in Paragraph No.19 of the impugned order would sustain and accordingly, it is sustained. For the sake of clarity, we make it clear that, the applications submitted by the existing institutions/writ petitioners in this batch of cases, alone shall be processed by the State authorities, very particularly, Dr.MGR Medical University and necessary orders shall be passed thereon on merits and in accordance with law before 20.12.2025