SHRINIVAS G EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES & ANR. vs NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION & ORS.

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$~J-1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Delivered on: 06.11.2025 + W.P.(C) 14939/2025 & CM APPL. 61499/2025 SHRINIVAS G EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES & ANR......Petitioners Through: Mr. Gaurav Bhatia, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Utkarsh Jaiswal, Mr. Vikas Tiwari, Mr. Shubh Sharma, Mr. Prashanjay J. Sahani and Mr. Aakash Nandwani, Advs. versus NATIONAL MEDICAL COMMISSION & ORS......Respondents Through: Mr. Kirtiman Singh, Sr. Adv. with Mr. T. Singhdev, Mr. Bhanu Gulati, Mr. Sourabh Kumar and Mr. Vedant Sood, Advs. for R-1 to 3/NMC. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS MAHAJAN JUDGMENT VIKAS MAHAJAN, J 1. The present petition has been filed seeking following reliefs: ―a. Certiorari, quash and set aside the impugned Letter of Disapproval dated 21.09.2025 issued by Respondent No. 2 (MARB/NMC), whereby the Petitioners‘ scheme dated 04.01.2025 for establishment of a new medical college with an intake of 150 MBBS seats for AY 2025–26 has been disapproved; b. Mandamus directing Respondent Nos. 1 and 2 to grant/issue the Letter of Permission (LoP) to the Petitioner College to establish a new medical college with an intake of 150 MBBS students for the academic year 2025–26, on the basis of the assessment/inspection report dated 10.07.2025 and the Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:DEEPAK SINGH W.P.(C) 14939/2025 Page 1 of 39 Signing Date:07.11.2025 07:30:15 contemporaneous record, and, or c. Mandamus, in the alternative, directing Respondent Nos. 1 and 2 to forthwith conduct a compliance- verification inspection, consider the Petitioner College‘s compliance on record, and thereafter pass a fresh, reasoned order within a short, fixed timeline, after affording the Petitioner a reasonable opportunity of being heard and to rectify in terms of the