Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Shikshan Trust,Jhansi Thru. Authorized Signatory, Sri Vivek Singh Tomar v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Technical Education, Lucknow and 3 Others

Court No. - 7 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 9843 of 2023 Petitioner :- Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Shikshan Trust,Jhansi Thru. Authorized Signatory, Sri Vivek Singh Tomar Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Technical Education, Lucknow And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Paavan Awasthi Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Atul Kumar Dwivedi,Ravi Singh Hon'ble Abdul Moin,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri Atul Kumar Dwivedi, learned counsel appearing for the respondent nos.2 & 3 as well as Shri Ravi Singh, learned counsel appearing for respondent no.4. With the consent of learned counsel appearing for the contesting parties, the writ petition is being finally decided. The instant petition has been filed for a prayer of mandamus commanding the respondent no.2 University to modify the affiliation order dated 15.09.2023 with a further prayer to direct the University to grant the requisite affiliation to the petitioner for conducting M.Pharma Course for 15 seats and also grant affiliation to the petitioner in intake of seats from 60 to 100 for the B.Pharma Course as per the approval granted by the Pharmacy Council of India for the academic session 2023-24. Further prayer is for commanding the University to permit and enable the petitioner to take admissions for the academic session 2023-24. Considering the fact that the modification of the affiliation order and for grant of the requisite affiliation for conduct of M.Pharma course is still pending at the end of respondent no.2, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent no.2 to decide the application for modification of the affiliation order and the application for grant of requisite affiliation as moved by the petitioner in accordance with law with a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order but prior to 30.11.2023. It is made clear that this Court has not gone into the merits of the claim set forth by the petitioner. Order Date :- 7.11.2023 S. Shivhare High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench