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Stays RUHS-CUET 2026 Counseling Over Government's Failure to Process Pending NOC Applications
The , presided over by Justice Mukesh Rajpurohit, has ordered an immediate on the admission counseling schedule for B.Sc. Nursing, D.Pharm, and B.P.T. courses issued by the . The decision comes in the wake of prolonged administrative inaction regarding the grant of to numerous private nursing institutions.
A Pattern of Administrative Delay The dispute stems from a large batch of filed by private educational societies across Rajasthan. Following new government guidelines issued on , these institutions invested in infrastructure and facilities to meet established criteria. Despite fulfilling the requirements and paying the necessary fees, their applications for NOCs remained pending for over eighteen months.
The petitioners argued that, despite repeated assurances from the to finalize these applications, the authorities failed to act. The situation reached a breaking point when the notified the counseling schedule on , while the applications for the very institutions they represent were still languishing in bureaucratic limbo.
The Conflict of Interests The , represented by , requested additional time to finalize the pending applications, citing the complexity of policy decisions being considered by a . However, the Court found this justification insufficient. The Court noted that earlier promises provided to the bench in previous hearings—that no counseling notification would be issued until the NOC issues were resolved—had been undermined by the recent notification.
Key Observations Justice Mukesh Rajpurohit emphasized the prejudice caused to the institutions, stating:
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" , the conduct of the respondent authorities in simultaneously withholding a decision on the pending applications for NOCs while initiating the admission process cannot be countenanced."
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"This Court cannot lose sight of the fact that the applications submitted by the petitioner-institutions... have remained pending for more than one and a half years."
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"If the counselling process is permitted to proceed before of the pending applications... the petitioner-institutions... would suffer ."
Legal Precedent and Conclusion The Court drew heavily from the judgment in Fortune Foundation & Anr. vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. (D.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 23307/2025). That precedent established that applications for NOCs must be decided at least 45 days prior to the commencement of . By initiating the counseling process without finalizing these applications, the State failed to comply with established judicial directives.
Consequently, the Court held that the RUHS CUET-2026 Counseling and Allotment Schedule shall remain in until the next date of hearing, scheduled for . This move effectively forces the State to prioritize the resolution of the pending institutional applications before proceeding with the current academic year's student admission process.
