IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No.3276 of 2026

10^thFebruary, 2026 Between:

1. Maheshwara Medical College, and another … Petitioners AND

1. The Union of India, through its Secretary Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, and others … Respondents

ORDER

The petitioner is a private, non-profit medical college established in the year 2021, situated in Patancheru—an industrial hub catering to a population exceeding 25 lakhs. The gravamen of the petitioner’s case is that the National Medical Commission (NMC) and its Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) have acted in an arbitrary, unreasonable, and ultra vires manner by initially granting only 12 PG seats, and thereafter allowing only a partial and inadequate increase, despite the institution’s demonstrable statutory entitlement to a total of 58 seats. It is asserted that the petitioner’s eligibility for 58 seats flows directly from its strong “Fixed Integers,” namely its infrastructure, beds, faculty strength, which fully comply with the Minimum Standard of Requirements for Post-Graduate Courses-2024 (PGMSR-2024) notified on 23.08.2024. It is a