HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY W.P.No.17841 OF 2000 DATED:18-07-2007 BETWEEN: D. Sravan Kumar Reddy PETITIONERS AND The Chairman, Pharmacy Council of A.P., 20th Century Buildings, Nampally, Hyderabad. RESPONDENT. HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY W.P.No.17841 OF 2000 ORAL ORDER Petitioner has joined in Bachelor of Pharmacy Course in K.V. College of Pharmacy, M.G. Road, Chickballapur, Kolar District, Karnataka in the year 1992 and completed the course in 1996. The petitioner states that he has also passed in II Class in the examinations in the year 1997 conducted by the Bangalore University and obtained a certificate on 18.6.1998. When he approached the Pharmacy Council of A.P. to get his name registered, the Pharmacy Council of A.P. informed him that his name cannot be registered as the college in which he has obtained the B.Pharmacy certificate, was not recognized at the time of his admission in the said Course. Aggrieved by the same, the present writ petition is filed seeking direction tot he respondent to register and enroll his name in the Pharmacy Council of Andhra Pradesh. In the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, the petitioner admitted that the Pharmacy Council of India recognized the college in which he pursued B. Pharmacy course, in the year 1999 with effect from 1995-96 batch onwards. Whereas, he completed the course in 1996 and passed in II Class in the examinations conducted by the Bangalore University in the year 1997 and the certificate was issued on 18.6.1998. No counter has been filed by the respondent. But, Sri Vijay Kumar, representing the learned standing counsel appearing for the respondent, submitted that in July, 2006 the Pharmacy Council of India recognized the Pharmacy degree with retrospective effect. In that view of the matter, the petitioner is directed to make a fresh application to the respondent and the respondent shall consider the same for enrolling and registering the name of the petitioner in the Pharmacy council of Andhra Pradesh, as per norms. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. --------------------- July 18, 2007 A.GOPAL REDDY, J. Tsr