IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA W.P.Nos.2981 and 2982 of 2009 WRIT PETITION NO : 2981 of 2009 Between: Dr. Bharani Bellam D/o. K.Padmavathi, C/o. H.no.9-12-9, lakshminagar, Saroornagar, hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Dr.N.T.R.Univeristy of Health sciences, andhra Pradesh at Vijayawada, Rep by its Registrar. 2 The Principal Osmania Medical College, Koti, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a Writ, Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in insisting the medical Registration number in the application for post Graduate entrance examination as arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to accept the petitioners application form No.5343 for Post Graduate Medical course for the academic session 2009-10 and permit the petitioner to appear for the entrance examination to be held on 6-3-2009 or on any other date to which the said entrance may be held . Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.SITA RAM Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.D.V.NAGARJUNA BABU WRIT PETITION NO : 2982 of 2009 Between: Dr. Bala Harshitha Siva Tej D/o. B. Lakshmi Narasaiah C/o. Vijayalakshmi, Commissioner Adoni Municipality, Adoni, Kurnool District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 DR. N.T.R. University of Health Sciences, Andhra Pradesh at Vijayawada, rep. by its Registrar. 2 The Principal, Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in insisting the Medical Registration number in the application for Post Graduate entrance examination as arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to accept the petitioner's application form No.04846 for Post Graduate Medical Course for the academic session 2009-10 and permit the petitioner to appear for the entrance examination to be held on 6.3.2009 or any other date to which the said entrance may be held. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.SITA RAM Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.D.V.NAGARJUNA BABU The Court made the following : COMMON ORDER: Since the issue involved in these two writ petitions is same, they are heard together and are being disposed of by this common order. The petitioners, who are medical students, filed the writ petitions stating that they completed their MBBS course from S.Nijalingappa Medical College and HSK Hospital and Research Centre at Bagalkot, Karnataka. Since they wanted to pursue their education at Post Graduate level, they are appearing for the entrance examinations. It is stated that the college in which they studied was already recommended by the Medical Council of India and the Government of India has to notify the same in accordance with the rules and the College is going to get the recognition in a few days. The grievance of the petitioners is that till recognition is notified by the Government of India, the medical registration number will not be allotted to the college in which they studied and due to that they are unable to fill column No.3 of the application form, wherein they have to specify the registration number of the college in which they studied and on that ground their applications are not being received by the respondents. Therefore, they filed these writ petitions seeking appropriate directions to the respondents to accept their application forms for the entrance to the Post Graduate Course for the academic session 2009-10 and to permit them to appear for the entrance examination to be held on 6.3.2009. This Court on 18.2.2009, while admitting the writ petition granted interim directions to the respondents to receive the applications of the petitioners and to permit them to appear in the entrance test. However, it was observed that the petitioners are not entitled to claim any equities in future. Subsequently, the respondents have filed a vacate petition in W.P.No.2982 of 2009 seeking vacation of the said interim orders. Thereafter, W.P.M.P.No.9657 of 2009 is filed in W.P.No.2982 of 2009 stating that subsequent to the orders of this court dated 18.2.2009, even before the entrance examination was conducted, the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India issued notification on 6.3.2009 amending the First Schedule of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 adding S.Nijalingappa Medical College and HSK Hospital and Research Centre at Bagalkot as one of the recognized colleges under the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science, Bangalore from February, 2007 onwards and, therefore, the 1st respondent may be directed to announce the results in the P.G.Entrance Examination conducted on 6.3.2009. A copy of the said notification is also placed before this Court. In view of the recognition of the college of the petitioners by the Government of India even before the entrance examination, there could not be any impediment for the respondent University to announce the results of the petitioners. Therefore, the respondent University is directed to announce the results of the petitioners in the P.G.Entrance Examination conducted on 6.3.2009 and allot ranks to them. With the above direction, the writ petitions are disposed of. No costs. N.V.RAMANA,J NOTE: Furnish CC today. (B/o)