HON’BLE MRS. JUSTI CE SUREPALLI NANDA WRI T PETI TI ON No.32245 OF 2025

ORDER:

Heard Ms. Ganivada S.P.Durga Gayatri, learned counsel representing Sri Talluri Krishna Sankya, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner on record, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Services-I appearing on behalf of the respondent Nos.1 & 2 and Sri T.Sharath, learned standing counsel for respondent No.3

2. The petitioner approached the Court seeking amended prayer as under:

“…to issue a writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of a writ of mandamus directing the Respondent Nos. 2 to 6 to allow the Petitioner to complete the remaining 161 days of the internship period by exempting the official notification of amendments to regulations issued by the Respondent No 4/Dental Council of India (DCI) vide No. DE-87(1)- 2015 by considering the no objection letter cum internship extension letter dated 30.09.2025 issued by Respondent No.6 to the Petitioner and also by considering the petitioners pregnancy complications health issues and other unforeseen circumstances such as Covid-19 pandemic and the petitioners firstborn childs health complications in the interest of justice and pass….”

3. The case of the petitioner in brief as per the averments made by the petitioner in the affidavit filed by the petitioner in support of the present Writ Petition is as under:-

It is specific case of the petitioner that the petitioner was admitted to the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) course in 2016, graduated in 2021, and obtained a Provisional Certificate from Respondent No. 6’s college, affiliated with Respondent No. 3 University. Owing to marriage, two pregnancies complicated by Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Subclinical Hypothyroidism, and Bronchial Asthma, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic, the petitioner had to temporarily discontinue the mandatory one- year paid internship. After resuming, the petitioner completed about 6–7 months of mandatory paid internship but again paused in 2024 when the petitioner’s firstborn child was diagnosed with ADHD and Autism, leaving 161 days incomplete.

Subsequently, Respondent No. 6, in its letter dated 30.09.2025 addressed to the petitioner herein, enclosed its opinion to provide no-objection and recommended permission for the petitioner to complete the remaining 161 days of the mandatory one year paid internship despite the expiry of the 9-year limit prescribed by the Dental Council of India (DCI). As the Respondents were unlikely to grant such extension, the petitioner filed the present Writ Petition seeking a direction to permit completion of the pending mandatory paid internship by exempting the official notification of amendments to the regulation issued by Respondent No. 4 vide No. DE-87(1)-2015.

4. PERUSED THE RECORD.

A. Letter, dated 30.09.2025 issued by the 6^th respondent I nstitution in favour of the petitioner is extracted hereunder:-

With reference to subject cited above and directions of DME & Principal. GDC&H. Afzalgunj, we have no objection in Syeda Nayeem Khatija Razvi continuing her internship program in our institute as per the status (161days One Hundred and sixty-one days) enclosed in the Principal GDC&H letter. Postings for the same are mentioned below and it is being informed to the student that she is required to complete the program with in the prescribed duration of 9 years from the date of admission as per the Dental Council Of India Revised BDS Course (7th amendment)

Regulations. 2015.

Student Name: Syeda Nayeem Khatija Razvi (1602110085)

INTERNSHIP EXTENSION