IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 835 (M/B)/ 2002 1. Basant Kumar Singh S/o Khemraj Singh 2. Rizwan Ahamad S/o Mohammad Farooq 3. Swati Srivastava D/o Dr. R.K. Srivastava 4. Pratyush Kumar S/ Sri R.S.P. Joshi 5. Bhawna D/o Dr. B. Prakash 6. Monika Bhatt D/o B.D. Bhatt 7. Kavita Tamta D/o G.P. Tamta 8. Jyoti Tripathi D/o P.C. Tripathi 9. Anita Bharti D/o B.R. Bharti 10. Richa Joshi D/o Prof. J.N. Joshi 11. Virendra Pratap Singh S/o Dr. Hakim Singh 12. Anjali Thapa D/o M.S. Thapa 13. Vikash Saxena S/o O.P. Saxena 14. Kapil Dev Pandey S/o S.K. Pandey 15. Hemant Singh Negi S/o C.S. Negi 16. Bhupendra Singh Bisht S/o P.S. Bisht 17. Rizwan Ahamad S/o Mohdd. Yasin 18. Bipin Kumar Verma S/o G.S. Verma 19. Pratibha Arya D/o R.D. Arya 20. Vipin Bhattg S/o K.R. Bhatt 21. Dharmendra Kumar S/o Ram Singh 22. Bipul Kumar Dubey S/o V.K. Dubey 23. Anup Kumar Mishra S/o S.N. Mishra 24. Yogesh Kumar Rai S/o R.P. Rai 25. Shikha Misra D/o Diwakar Mishra 26. Mohammad Ashim Khan S/o A.V. Khan All the students of 4th year B. Pharma Course, Department of Pharmacy, Kumaon University, Nainital. 27. Durga Nand Tripathi S/o Tryambak Tripathi 28. Vishal Datta S/o Dr. B. Datta 29. Anupama Tamta D/o G.P. Tamta 30. Kalpana Garkhal D/o M.S. Garkhal 31. Deepak Kumar S/o Rama Kant 32. Amit Gupta S/o R.K. Gupta 33. Mini Kandpal D/o B.D. Kandpal 34. Anju Ganniya D/o L.S. Ganniya 35. Ramesh Nainwal S/o N.C. Nainwal 36. Rahul Pandey S/o R.B. Pandey 37. Vinay Bhushan S/o Gokul Dev 38. Gyanendra Kumar S/o Sri Ram 39. Anand Rau S/o R.S. Kesakar 40. Abhijeet Ojha S/o G.D. Ojha 41. Vijay Mosiwal S/o G.D. Mosiwal 42. Neeraj Sisodiya S/o Dr. V.S. Sisodiya 43. Shailendra Kumar S/o Govind Prasad 44. Vinay Kumar S/o K. Kumar 45. Kamal Joshi S/o P.C. Joshi 46. Raju Chandola S/o P.N. Chandola 47. Prakash Chandra Gupta S/o S.L. Gupta 48. Praveen Kumar Singh S/o S.K. Singh 49. Mahendra Rana S/o N.S. Rana Sl.no.27 to 49 are III year students of B.Pharma Course, Department of Pharmacy, Kumaon University, Nainital. 50. Abhishek Gangola S/o Dr. D.P. Gangola 51. Balwant Singh Rawat S/o Diwan Singh 52. Neelima Kirti D/o Harish Lal 53. Vijay Kumar Singh S/o J.N. Singh 54. Meenendra Tripathi S/o R.B. Tripathi 55. Vijay Singh Patel S/o M. Prasad 56. Gulam Mohammad Hussain S/o Mohammad Raza 57. Adidev Bharti S/o Budhien 58. Chandan Singh Manral S/o K.S. Manral 59. Amit Kumar Singh S/o P.P. Singh 60. Surendra Patel S/o Shiv Dayal Verma 61. Kapil Kumar Chauhan S/o Chhatarpal Singh 62. Raj Kumar Kesharwani S/o J.P. Kesharwani 63. Kiran Uttam D/o R.S. Uttam 64. Anita Joshi D/o G.D. Joshi 65. Rashmi Arya D/o R.R. Arya 66. Rajeshwar Kamal Kant Arya S/o M.C. Arya 67. Prakash Chandra Bhatt S/o G.B. Bhatt 68. Manoj Kumar Maurya S/o R.P. Maurya 69. Mahendra Singh Bisht S/o D.S. Bisht S.No.50 to 69 are students of IInd year B.Pharma Course Department of Pharmacy, Kumaun University, Nainital ……Petitioner Versus 1. Kumaon University, Nainital through its Vice Chancellor. 2. Head of Department of Pharmacy, Kumaon University, Nainital. 3. State of Uttaranchal through Chief Secretary (Higher Education), Dehradun. …… Respondents 24.04.2006 Sri V.B.S. Negi, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri B.D. Upadhyaya, learned counsel for the respondent no.1. Learned Standing Counsel for the respondent No.2 & 3. Hon’ble Rajesh Tandon, J. Heard Sri V.B.S. Negi, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri B.D. Upadhyay, learned counsel for the respondent no.1 and Standing Counsel for the respondent No. 2 & 3. By means of the present writ petition, the petitioners have prayed for a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to take necessary approval from Pharmacy Council of India as well as All India Council of Training & Education prior to conducting the final examination of B.Pharma for the year 2002-2003. Briefly stated according to the case of the petitioners the matter relates to the necessary approval from Pharmacy Council of India as well as All India Council of Training & Education prior to final examination of B.Pharma for the year 2002-03. On 02.04.2003 a Division Bench of this Court has passed the Interim Order that the University is perusing the approval from the Pharmacy Council of India & All India Council of Technical Education. Counsel for the respondent No.1 Sri B.D. Upadhyay has pointed out that there is no need to take approval as the University himself is empowered. In view of the judgment of Bharathidarsan University and another Vs. All India Council for Technical Education and others 2001 Vol 8 SCC 676, writ petition lacks merit and is dismissed. Consequently, writ petition is dismissed. 24.04.2006 (Rajesh Tandon, J.) Jain