1 W.P. No.5634/2011 Date: 14.11.2011 Shri Vijay Assudani, learned counsel for the petitioner. Ms. M. Ravindran, learned Dy. G.A. for respondents no.1 and 2. Shri B.L. Pavecha, learned senior Advocate with Ms. Sadhna Pathak Adv., for the respondent no.3. None for respondents no.4 and 5. The writ petition is heard finally with the consent of counsel for the parties. O R D E R 1/ The petitioner with a view to start the M.Sc. Nursing course had applied to the Indian Nursing Council and the permission was granted by the Council to start M.Sc. nursing course with an intake of 10 seat. The permission and recognition was also granted by the Mahakoshal Nurses Registration Council, Bhopal and the State had granted feasibility certificate. The respondent no.3-University had granted NOC/Consent Certificate to start the M.Sc. nursing course from academic session 2009-2010. The petitioner had applied to the respondent no.3-University for grant of affiliation. The ordinance no.85 relating to admission and examination in the M.Sc. nursing course has been prepared 2 by the University, which has also been approved by the Executive Council of the University on 24.12.2010 and has been submitted to the SDO and Commissioner, Higher Education Department, for approval of Coordination Committee, vide letter dated 20.3.2011 and 11.4.2011. The same has not been approved by the Coordination Committee so far and the petitioner has been informed by the University, vide communication dated 13.6.2011, that the issue of affiliation will be considered after the approval of the ordinance by the Coordination Committee. Aggrieved with the same, the petitioner has approached this Court with a prayer for issuing a direction to the respondents no.1 and 2 to approve the ordinance no.85, to respondent no.3 to grant affiliation and to quash the order dated 13.6.2011. 2/ The stand of the respondent-State is that the ordinance has been framed by the University and sent for approval to the Coordination Committee. The standing committee has rendered advice on the ordinance for final approval to the Coordination Committee and the matter pertaining to the approval of the ordinance is pending before the Committee, and that the ordinance will be approved by the Coordination Committee in its next meeting. 3/ The respondent no.3-University has taken the stand that it can not be compelled to hold examination for 3 subject/courses in respect of which no ordinance is in force, and for which the petitioner-institute has no affiliation. 4/ During the course of hearing the communication dated 11.11.2011 sent by the Secretary to His Excellency (Governor) to the Additional Director, Higher Education Department, Indore has been produced by which certain information relating to the admissions given by the College, the examinations conducted by it and declaration of results etc. has been sought. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner has seriously objected to it by submitting that the information which has been sought, is wholly irrelevant for the purpose of the approval of the ordinance by the Coordination Committee. 5/ Be that as it may, it is undisputed that main issue involved in the present matter is in respect of the approval of the ordinance by the Coordination Committee, before which it is pending since long. It is not disputed before this Court that the petitioner has been granted permission by the Indian Nursing Council and Mahakoshal Nurses Registration Council and it has been granted feasibility certificate by the State and NOC/Consent Certificate from the University. The interest of the petitioner-Institution is adversely affected only on account of the pendency of matter relating to the approval of the ordinance no.85 before the Coordination Committee. 4 6/ Keeping in view the aforesaid aspect of the matter, we are inclined to dispose of the present writ petition by issuing the following directions :- i. The Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, Bhopal is directed to take appropriate steps to convene the meeting of the Coordination Committee for taking appropriate decision for approval of the pending ordinance no.85, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. ii. The additional information, if any, required for that purpose will be submitted by the concerned authorities of the State and the University before the Coordination Committee before the next date of its meeting. iii. After the approval as above, the respondent no.3- University will take a decision for grant of affiliation to the petitioner-Institution within two weeks from the date of approval of the ordinance by the Coordination Committee. iv. After the affiliation as above, the University will take the further necessary steps, as required, within six weeks from the date of grant of affiliation. 7/ We expect that the above time schedule will be 5 strictly followed since these directions have been issued not only at the instance of the petitioner-Institution but also keeping in view the interest of the students. 8/ The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. (SHANTANU KEMKAR) (PRAKASH SHRIVASTAVA) JUDGE JUDGE Trilok/-