^- HIGH GOURT OF .IUDICATURE CHHATT^SARH •. BIU PUR SINGLEBENCH: HON'BLE SHRI S.R. NAYAK.G.J. WRITPBnTION«SlN0.6822 OF 280« PETITIONER Vs. BasantSinha Slo. Shri Kamta Prasad Slnha, Aged about - 40 yeare, Oeeupafion Pharmacist, R/o. - village & Post - Bawankera, Block & Distt. Mahasantund (C.G.) RESPCTSDENTS 1. State <rf GhhatHsgarh Throu^i :• Upper Secretary, HMiltb & Pamlfy WtoKw® Department D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur ^•s-) 2. C.G. StetePharmaGyCeui'wil Throigh :- Regisbar, Qtirt. 3.77, Sect3, Geetanjali Nagar, Raipur (C.G.) Present: Shri Gary IMufchopadh^y, leamed coun^ forttie petUioner. Shri Valbhav Goverdhan, leamed counsel forthe caveator/respondent No5. ORALORDEK (Passed on 9P1 Novembw, 2006) The pstlttonerwho is a pharmacist faito ea<ee|rtton-totie conducl ofthe compulsory eontinuous EducaBon Programme (GB^ prwCTlbsd for all the pharmacists of the State of Chhattlsgarh asdirarted by the ^rte Govemment. The power of tie Stats Govemmwit to dira^ such a programme Is not and cannot be contestBd. Whrt is c<mi(<ainrt beto^ ths Court in ttiis writ peUBon is at if the peUttoner amt simUwty ciroumslancsd other pharmacists who have had fifieen yeare er mwa expertonce in Uie professton, are required to uncter y»CEP, it woukl not benefit them in temis of larowledge and it woukl be vwy tedtous and unnecessary. It needs to be notksed ttiat the CEP prescribed 1ay the Ststo Govemment is a poticy deciston of the Stata taken tn TOwetee eS Bw xc/ ^> / -St.- slatutoiy power. The wisdom of the Stato ©ovemmentn presa'iblng flw CEP cannot lightly be interfered wlth by the Court nor fe It ths light of the petidoner and similariy circuinstanced ^ier pharmaciste who are relatively more experieneed in the professfon to insist that thsy shodd nol be subjected to CEP. Furthermore, there cannot be aiy saturaton in acquisitipn of knowledg®. The compulsory Gontinuous Eriuestfton Programme, 1 think, is intended to updats the lfflowtee4yB ef fte pharmaclsts to effecBvely carryon the dutias and faneUw»attaehedto the profession. Therefore, the prescriph'on of GEP to the plwmwisls (SBWIIA be condemned as iri'dional or arbitaiy. The wrtt p^tlon isdewrid of m^t and it Is accordingly dlsmissed. Noeosts. ] Sd/— ! ChiefJustice \^ _ ^^— .<