1 wp3787-10 dmt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 3787 OF 2010 Dr. Abhijeet Bajirao Patil & Ors. .. Petitioners. Vs. Union of India & Ors. .. Respondents. Mr. P.K. Dhakephalkar, Sr. Adv., i/by Mr. Sangramsingh Yadav for Petitioners. Mr. R.A. Lokhande, for Respondent Nos. 1 & 2. Mrs. M.P. Thakur, AGP., for Respondent No. 4. Mr. Bakul Bhosale i/by Sachindra B. Shetye for Respondent No. 5. Mr. Girish Kulkarni i/by Mr. M.G. Kulkarni for Respondent No.6. Mr. S.R. Ganbavale for Respondent Nos. 9 to 11 & 13 to 20. CORAM: B. H. MARLAPALLE & U. D. SALVI, JJ. DECEMBER 03, 2010. P.C. Heard Mr. Dhakephalkar, the learned Senior Counsel for the Petitioners. 2. The Petitioners are teachers in different categories of Ayurved Colleges in the State of Maharashtra and by this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution they pray for directions to Respondent Nos. 1 to 8 to initiate appropriate action as envisaged under Section 14 (2) of the 2 wp3787-10 Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970 so as to include and recognize the Post Graduate Diplomas awarded by Respondent Nos. 6 and 7 Universities as per the Central Council of Indian Medicine (Post Graduate Education) Regulation, 1979. 3. Vaidya Prem Raj Sharma presently holding the post of Registrar-cum-Secretary of the Central Council of Indian Medicine (Respondent No. 3) has filed affidavit in reply and it has been stated therein that Respondent Nos. 6 and 7 (University of Pune and Nagpur University) have already submitted applications for recognition / inclusion of their P.G. Diploma Courses in Ayurved in the Second Schedule of IMCC Act, 1970 and the said applications are under consideration before the Ayurveda Committee of Central Council of Indian Medicine. It has been further stated that Ayurveda Committee has referred the said issue to the Sub-Committee for consideration and the recommendations are awaited. It is also clear from the said affidavit that Respondent No. 8 has not submitted any such application as of now and if and when such an application is submitted by the said University we have no doubt that the Respondent No. 3 Council will consider the said application by following the due process. However, in our opinion, the petitioners being the 3 wp3787-10 teachers, they would not be in a position to represent Respondent No. 8 University and during the pendency of this petition the said University has not submitted any application. 4. We, therefore, direct the Respondent No. 3 Council through its Registrar-cum-Secretary to process the pending applications of Respondent Nos. 6 and 7 Universities for inclusion of their P.G. Courses in the Second Schedule of the IMCC Act, 1970 and decide the same as expeditiously as possible and in any case before 31.3.2011. 5. Petition is disposed off in terms of the above order. (U.D. SALVI, J.) (B. H. MARLAPALLE, J.)