N.Lakshana Shree, Rep By Her v. Union Territory Of Puducherry
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
Dated : 24.08.2017 Coram The Honourable Mr.Justice RAJIV SHAKDHER and The Honourable Mr.Justice ABDUL QUDDHOSE Writ Appeal Nos.996 & 997 of 2017 and C.M.P.Nos.13964 & 13965 of 2017 W.A.No.996 of 2017 N.Lakshana Shree ... Appellant Vs.
1 Union Territory of Puducherry Rep the Secretary to Government Health Department O/o The Chief Secretariat Puducherry- 605 001.
2 The Secretary to Government Higher Education Department O/o. the Chief Secretariat Puducherry- 605 001.
3 The Director of Health & Family Welfare Department & Nodal Officer State Medical Education Directorate for Union Territory of Puducherry Puducherry- 605 001 4 Sri Venkateswara medical College Hospital & Research Centre (SVMCH) Rep by Managing Director Ariyur Puducherry
5 Sri Manakula Vinayakar Medical College & Hospital (SMVMCH) Madagadipet Rep by Managing Director Puducherry 6 Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Rep by Registrar Ganapathy Chettikulam Puducherry- 605 014 7 Medical Council of India Rep by Secretary Pocket-14 Sector-8 Dwarka Phase-1 New Delhi-110 077.
8 Government of India Rep by its Secretary to Government Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Department New Delhi 9 MISS. VARSHA J 10 MISS. SARIKA B.K.
11 MISS.MANIMEGALAI.A.
12 MR.JAYACHANDRAN.R.
13 MR.SIVASURIYA P.M.
14 R.KARTHIKRAJ 15 BOMMIDI SPURTHI 16 M.MOHANA KRISHNAN 17 S.GOKULA NATHAN 18 R.KISHORE 19 A.HERA 20 MADAN KARTHCK SUBBIAH 21 GAZIQ THABSEER 22 KARUNYA.S.
23 MUTHUKRISHNAN.M.
24 K.S.MUHSINA 25 A.RISHIDHAR 26 P.R.PRITHVI RAJ 27 V.G.RIBHU ARAVINTH 28 S.H.ABINAYA
29 A.ANISHKUMAR 30 NALLA MEGHA SHYAM 31 R.N.AISWARYA 32 V.B.VAISHNAVI 33 NIVETHA SELVAM 34 VELAGANDULA JAHNAVI 35 V.A.PREETHI 36 J.JESHWA 37 N.HARINI 38 M.SAFANA YESMIN 39 TIRZAH NARAYANA MOORTHY 40 N.V.HARIDHAASHRI 41 G.M.HARIPRASANNA 42 S.SOUNDARYA 43 POLU SRIMAN SAI 44 C.JONATHAN KEVIN SANTHOSH 45 S.V.SHARATH KRISHNA 46 E.MOHAN PRASAD 47 R.SWETHA 48 T.THAMIZHARASAN 49 S.SHALINI 50 D.PRADOSSH 51 C.THIYANEESHWARAN 52 V.R.RAGUL 53 J.VASEEKARAN 54 C.THOMAS PRAVIN KUMAR 55 P.MYTHILI 56 T.S.KEERTHANA 57 S.L.ABHISHEK 58 NITHYA GANGADARAN 59 SATHIYARAJU SATYAM SETTEY 60 P.R.RAMKUMAR 61 ATLURI PAVANI 62 OVIYA.M 63 J.JASPER SHEKINAH 64 RUBINA 65 NAVFAL MOHAMED S.A 66 KEVIN GERMANUS.K
67 ARSHA B.S 68 ROSHNITA.B.
69 RAMPRAKASH.K 70 SAMRIDDHI 71 ISSAC ABE 72 MEDICHERLA DURGA TRI VENKATA RAJA SRI 73 PODILAPU DILIP KRISHNA CHATTANYA 74 ABINANDHAN G.T 75 BHARGHAV SATRY MATUM 76 BBIBBENDU OJHA 77 ANAND KRISHNA C SHAJU 78 THEJAVIKHO PUNYA KEDOZETO PUNYU 79 JAYAKRISHNAN HARISHKUMAR 80 NISHANTHI ROSS STEFINA S.P 81 NAREN BABU.L 82 MADU HARISH.G 83 HARI KIRUSSNA VYK 84 SAJITHA M.S.
85 MIDHUN .K.V 86 VIJAYAPRIYANKA R.B.M.K.
87 ROSHAN.M 88 POOBALAN.V 89 MOHAMED SABIK S.S 90 DUDHGAONKAR SRINIVAS 91 PETA SAIVARUNIKA 92 ARIFUDEEN.K 93 SHUJAUDEEN.M 94 M.HARISHITA RANI 95 HARSHITA S JAIN 96 SNEHA PREETHI.R 97 DEIVANAI.R 98 KOUSALAYA GOPALASAMY 99 HARSHA VARTHINI.R 100 AJITHA.J 101 NEVETHITHA.N 102 YOHAN MATHEW GEORGIE 103 ARUN.N 104 JIBI.N 105 SWETHA.N
106 RAAJANISHAN V.N 107 SRIPATHY.K 108 MOHAMMEDYOUSUF.V 109 KAVIYA MEENA.K 110 RAGUL.P.S.R 111 REVEDA.M 112 SARASWATHI PREETHA.J 113 BARATH KUMARAN.S.P.
114 SIRISHAA.S.S 115 AMRITHA VARSHINI.C 116 CHANDTRAGIRI PREETHI RAJ 117 MUKUNDHAN CHELLAM.S 118 SAVITHA.J 119 SELVAM RATHI DEVI 120 S.GEETHAVARSHNI 121 SAJITH KANNA.R 122 SANTHABAI LAKXMI.B 123 SHYALA S PRIYANKHA 124 SUBASH.C 125 ABIRAMI.D 126 POOJA.K 127 RAMKUMAR.G 128 DINESH.M 129 SARAVANA.M 130 JAYANTH.S.P 131 SANJU.S.S 132 DIVYA DHARSHINI.J 133 PRIYADHARSHINI.R 134 SWATHI.S 135 HARSA VARDHINI 136 MALAVIKA SRIDEVI.G 137 MEINAAKSHI.C 138 ROGAN BALAJI.R.N 139 K.S.DEIVEEGARAJAN 140 KASI VISWANATHAN SWAMI.A 141 RUBYSRI.S 142 KEERTHIGA.K 143 MOHANDASS.M 144 SUBATHIRA.G
145 THANIGAIVEL.V 146 AISHWARYA LAKSHMI.B 147 ENIYA.K 148 SHRI HARI PRADEEBA.V 149 HANISHA LAKSHMI NANDHINI 150 DINESH ROSHAN S.E.J 151 DEEPAN.A 152 VASANTHI.M 153 SHIVANI RAVICHANDRAN 154 SARAH MARIA THOSMAS 155 SHERINE HERALD VALENTINA 156 CALVIN NOVA SARGUNAM.J 157 ATHUL MANI S/O.PM.MANI 158 YERRA RUCHITA RAO 159 VIGNESWARAN.P 160 SHARON PHILIP 161 ANUSHA PRASAD 162 NITISH SARA GEORAGE 163 PRAVEEN.A 164 LIZ CATHERINE BANU 165 SCHRUTHI.P 166 ISHWARYA.P 167 SHERENE MEGHA 168 SAMUVEL.V 169 SURESH GOBI.M 170 DHANUSHAIA.G 171 VIVEK.S 172 POOJITHA.XR 173 NITHILA SUNDRESH 174 VISHWAA.A 175 SARANIKA SURESH 176 YOGESH KANNA SIVAJI 177 JOSEPH ALBERT.A 178 JOGEE BEJOY 179 ATHITYAN SIVA 180 VIGNESH.B 181 SHABU EDWIN 182 KABILAN.K 183 JOSHUVA THOMAS POONOLIL
184 AYUSH KUMAR GUPTA 185 ROHIT ROY.V 186 NIVETHA.T.R 187 MANYA NAGPAL 188 JANET IYNGDOH SALLEN NONGRUN 189 SAMSONRAJ IMMANUEL.K 190 MONISH KUMAR.R 191 I.TEMSUTHOSHI JAMIR 192 PRASANNA DEVADARSHINI.N 193 CATHERINE VERONICA SAILA 194 SAKTHIVELU.I 195 JOYSON ROBIN.S.R 196 JIJO MOHAN 197 SALVIA VICUNA.V 198 JEFFI NIRMAL ODILA.A ... Respondents W.A.No.997 of 2017
1. S.Suresh Krishna
2. K.Shreeranjany ... Appellants Vs.
1 Union Territory of Puducherry Rep the Secretary to Government Health Department O/o. the Chief Secretariat Puducherry- 605 001.
2 The Secretary to Government Higher Education Department O/o. The Chief Secretariat Puducherry- 605 001 3 The Director of Health & Family Welfare Department O/o. the Directorate of Medical Health & Family Welfare Department Puducherry - 605 001
4 Pondicherry Institute of Medical Science (PIMS) Rep by Registrar Ganapathy Chettikulam puducherry- 605 014 5 Sri Venkateswara medical College Hospital & Research Centre (SVMCH) Ariyur Puducherry 6 Sri Manakula Vinayakar Medical College & Hospital (SMVMCH) Madagadipet Puducherry 7 Medical Council of India Rep by Secretary Pocket-14 Sector-8 Dwarka Phase-1 New Delhi-110 077.
8 Government of India Rep by Secretary to Government Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Department New Delhi 9 A.HERA 10 MADAN KARTHCK SUBBIAH 11 GAZIQ THABSEER 12 KARUNYA.S.
13 MUTHUKRISHNAN.M.
14 MISS VARSHA.J 15 MISS SARIKA.B.K.
16 MISS MANIMEGALA.A.
17 MR.JAYACHANDRAN.R.
18 MR.SIVASURIYA P.M.
19 R.KARTHIKRAJ 20 BOMMIDI SPURTHI 21 M.MOHANA KRISHNAN 22 S.GOKULA NATHAN 23 R.KISHORE 24 VASANTHI.M.
25 SHIVANI RAVICHANDRAN 26 SARAH MARIA THOSMAS 27 SHERINE HERALD VALENTINA
28 CALVIN NOVA SARGUNAM.J.
29 ATHUL MANI 30 YERRA RUCHITA RAO 31 VIGNESWARAN.P 32 SHARON PHILIP 33 ANUSHA PRASAD 34 NITISH SARA GEORAGE 35 PRAVEEN.A 36 LIZ CATHERINE BANU 37 SCHRUTHI.P 38 ISHWARYA.P 39 SHERENE MEGHA 40 SAMUVEL.V 41 SURESH GOBI.M 42 DHANUSHAIA.G 43 VIVEK.S 44 POOJITHA.XR 45 NITHILA SUNDRESH 46 VISHWAA.A 47 SARANIKA SURESH 48 YOGESH KANNA SIVAJI 49 JOSEPH ALBERT.A 50 JOGEE BEJOY 51 ATHITYAN SIVA 52 VIGNESH.B 53 SHABU EDWIN 54 KABILAN.K 55 JOSHUVA THOMAS POONOLIL 56 AYUSH KUMAR GUPTA 57 ROHIT ROY.V 58 NIVETHA.T.R 59 MANYA NAGPAL 60 JANET IYNGDOH SALLEN NONGRUN 61 SAMSONRAJ IMMANUEL.K 62 MONISH KUMAR.R 63 I.TEMSUTHOSHI JAMIR 64 PRASANNA DEVADARSHINI.N 65 CATHERINE VERONICA SAILA 66 SAKTHIVELU.I
67 JOYSON ROBIN.S.R 68 JIJO MOHAN 69 SALVIA VICUNA.V 70 JEFFI NIRMAL ODILA.A 71 K.S.MUHSINA 72 A.RISHIDHAR 73 P.R.PRITHVI RAJ 74 V.G.RIBHU ARAVINTH 75 S.H.ABINAYA 76 A.ANISHKUMAR 77 NALLA MEGHA SHYAM 78 R.N.AISWARYA 79 V.B.VAISHNAVI 80 NIVETHA SELVAM 81 VELAGANDULA JAHNAVI 82 V.A.PREETHI 83 J.JESHWA 84 N.HARINI 85 M.SAFANA YESMIN 86 TIRZAH NARAYANA MOORTHY 87 N.V.HARIDHAASHRI 88 G.M.HARIPRASANNA 89 S.SOUNDARYA 90 POLU SRIMAN SAI 91 C.JONATHAN KEVIN SANTHOSH 92 S.V.SHARATH KRISHNA 93 E.MOHAN PRASAD 94 R.SWETHA 95 T.THAMIZHARASAN 96 S.SHALINI 97 D.PRADOSSH 98 C.THIYANEESHWARAN 99 V.R.RAGUL 100 J.VASEEKARAN 101 C.THOMAS PRAVIN KUMAR 102 P.MYTHILI 103 T.S.KEERTHANA 104 S.L.ABHISHEK 105 NITHYA GANGADARAN
106 SATHIYARAJU SATYAM SETTEY 107 P.R.RAMKUMAR 108 ATLURI PAVANI 109 OVIYA.M 110 J.JASPER SHEKINAH 111 RUBINA 112 NAVFAL MOHAMED S.A 113 KEVIN GERMANUS.K 114 ARSHA B.S 115 ROSHNITA.B.
116 RAMPRAKASH.K 117 SAMRIDDHI 118 ISSAC ABE 119 MEDICHERLA DURGA TRI VENKATA RAJA SRI 120 PODILAPU DILIP KRISHNA CHATTANYA 121 ABINANDHAN G.T 122 BHARGHAV SATRY MATUM 123 BBIBBENDU OJHA 124 ANAND KRISHNA C SHAJU 125 THEJAVIKHO PUNYA KEDOZETO PUNYU 126 JAYAKRISHNAN HARISHKUMAR 127 NISHANTHI ROSS STEFINA S.P 128 NAREN BABU.L 129 MADU HARISH.G 130 HARI KIRUSSNA VYK 131 SAJITHA M.S.
132 MIDHUN .K.V 133 VIJAYAPRIYANKA R.B.M.K.
134 ROSHAN.M 135 POOBALAN.V 136 MOHAMED SABIK S.S 137 DUDHGAONKAR SRINIVAS 138 PETA SAIVARUNIKA 139 ARIFUDEEN.K 140 SHUJAUDEEN.M 141 M.HARISHITA RANI 142 HARSHITA S JAIN 143 SNEHA PREETHI.R 144 DEIVANAI.R
145 KOUSALAYA GOPALASAMY 146 HARSA VARDHINI.R 147 AJITHA.J 148 NEVETHITHA.N 149 YOHAN MATHEW GEORGIE 150 ARUN.N 151 JIBI.N 152 SWETHA.N 153 RAAJANISHAN V.N 154 SRIPATHY.K 155 MOHAMMEDYOUSUF.V 156 KAVIYA MEENA.K 157 RAGUL.P.S.R 158 REVEDA.M 159 SARASWATHI PREETHA.J 160 BARATH KUMARAN.S.P.
161 SIRISHAA.S.S 162 AMRITHA VARSHINI.C 163 CHANDTRAGIRI PREETHI RAJ 164 MUKUNDHAN CHELLAM.S 165 SAVITHA.J 166 SELVAM RATHI DEVI 167 S.GEETHAVARSHNI 168 SAJITH KANNA.R 169 SANTHABAI LAKXMI.B 170 SHYALA S PRIYANKHA 171 SUBASH.C 172 ABIRAMI.D 173 POOJA.K 174 RAMKUMAR.G 175 DINESH.M 176 SARAVANAN.M 177 JAYANTH.S.P 178 SANJU.S.S 179 DIVYA DHARSHINI.J 180 PRIYADHARSHINI.R 181 SWATHI.S 182 HARSA VARDHINI 183 MALAVIKA SRIDEVI.G
184 MEINAAKSHI.C 185 ROGAN BALAJI.R.N 186 K.S.DEIVEEGARAJAN 187 KASI VISWANATHAN SWAMI.A 188 RUBYSRI.S 189 KEERTHIGA.K 190 MOHANDASS.M 191 SUBATHIRA.G 192 THANIGAIVEL.V 193 AISHWARYA LAKSHMI.B 194 ENIYA.K 195 SHRI HARI PRADEEBA.V 196 HANISHA LAKSHMI NANDHINI 197 DINESH ROSHAN S.E.J 198 DEEPAN.A 199 ADHAVAN 200 S.HEMACHANDRAN ... Respondents Prayer in both appeals: Appeals filed under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent to set aside the order dated 09.08.2017 in W.M.P.Nos.20224 and 20226 of 2017 in W.P.Nos.35895 and 35923 of 2016 on the file of this Court.
For Appellants : Mr.M.Ravi in both W.As.
For Respondents 1 to3: Mr.J.Kumar in both W.As.
Government Advocate (Pondy) For Respondent 4 : Mr.T.V.Lakshmanan in W.A.No.996/17 For Respondent 5 : Mr.T.V.Lakshmanan in W.A.No.997/17 For Respondent 6 : Mr.R.Muthukumarasamy
in W.A.No.996/17 SC for Mr.Abishek Jeenasenan For Respondent 4 : Mr.R.Muthukumarasamy in W.A.No.997/17 SC for Mr.Abishek Jeenasenan For Respondent 7 : Mr.V.P.Raman in both W.As.
For Respondent 8 : Mr.J.Madana Gopal Rao in both W.As.
For Respondent 5 : Mr.Soundararajan in W.A.No.996/17 for Mr.G.Swaminathan For Respondent 6 : Mr.Soundararajan in W.A.No.997/17 for Mr.G.Swaminathan Respondents 9 to 198: Given up in W.A.No.996/17 Respondent 9 to 200 : Given Up in W.A.No.997/17 - - - - -
C O M M O N J U D G E M E N T (Judgement of the Court was delivered by RAJIV SHAKDHER,J.)
1. These appeals are preferred challenging the common order of the learned Single Judge dated 09.08.2017, passed in W.M.P.Nos.20224 and 20226 of 2017 in W.P.Nos.35895 and 35923 of 2016.
1.1. The limited grievance of the appellants is that while admission has been granted to them for the academic year 20172018, the fee as prescribed by the Fee Committee vide its Report dated 26.07.2017, has been made applicable to them without recognition of the position taken by them that they had applied for admission in batch of 2016-2017.
1.2. The appellants, therefore, emphasise the fact they had obtained admission qua the academic year 2016-2017 and had approached the Court with regard to the fee structure in place, which according to them, was exorbitant.
1.3. Thus, the appellants say that their grievance in large measure remains unaddressed.
1.4. The appellants say that while they cannot at this point reverse the fact that due to the pendency of proceedings they have lost a year, they certainly can maintain the grievance with regard to the applicability of fee structure to them, as reflected in the Fee Committee Report of 26.07.2017.
2. These appeals have came up before us for hearing on 18.08.2017. On that date, we had issued notice, and since, there was an urgency in the matter, because of the fact that admissions for the academic year 2017-2018, were reaching the closure date, we had by an interim order directed the concerned institutes i.e. (i) Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences (in short 'PIMS') and (ii) Sri Venkateshwara Medical College Hospital and Research Centre (in short 'SVMCH') to accept annual fee from the appellants at the rate of Rs.3,35,000/-; which is the fee adverted to in the Fee Committee Report of 23.03.2017. 2.1. We are informed by Mr.M.Ravi, learned counsel appearing for the appellants that the said amount has been
deposited in respect of all three appellants i.e. (i) N.Lakshana Shree (appellant in W.A.No.996 of 2017), (ii) S.Suresh Krishna (first appellant in W.A.No.997 of 2017 and (iii) K.Shreeranjany (second appellant in W.A.No.997 of 2017).
2.2. Mr.R.Muthukumarasamy, the learned senior counsel, on instructions of Mr.Abishek Jeenasenan, appearing for PIMS says that if the amount, as directed by this Court, vide order dated 18.08.2017, has been deposited, then admission will be granted to the three appellants named above.
2.3. Mr.T.V.Lakshmanan, advocate for SVMCH makes a submission in line with what is stated before us by Mr.R.Muthukumarasamy.
2.4. Furthermore, Mr.R.Muthukumarasamy, on instructions from Mr.Abishek Jeenasenan, and Mr.T.V.Lakshmanan, say that in so far as these three students (i.e. the appellants) are concerned, the said fee structure shall continue to apply for the remaining academic years as well, given the peculiar facts and
circumstances of the case. The counsels, however, make it a point to emphasise that this will not form a precedent.
3. Having heard the learned counsels for the parties and given the stand taken by Mr.R.Muthukumarasamy for PIMS and Mr.T.V.Lakshmanan, who appears for SVMCH, we are of the view that the impugned judgement and order passed by the learned Single Judge requires to modified only to the extent of fee payable by the appellants. Therefore, upon confirmation that the appellants have paid the fees as indicated by the learned counsels appearing for them, in Court, today, admission will be granted to the appellants in the institutes referred to hereafter. 3.1. The appellant in W.A.No.996 of 2017 i.e. N.Lakshana Shree and the first appellant in W.A.No.997 of 2017 i.e. S.Suresh Krishna will be granted admission in PIMS, while the second appellant in W.A.No.997 of 2017 i.e. K.Shreeranjany will be granted admission in SVMCH.
4. No further orders are called for. The appeals are disposed of in the aforesaid terms. It is made clear that this order will not form a precedent, as it has been passed in the peculiar facts and circumstances obtaining in these appeals. Parties are left to bear their own costs. Consequently, the pending applications shall also stand disposed of. [R.S.A.,J.] [A.Q.,J.] 24.08.2017 kk Speaking order / Non Speaking order Index : Yes / No Internet : Yes / No NOTE: Issue order copy on 28.08.2017.
To 1 The Secretary to Government, Rep the Health Department O/o The Chief Secretariat Puducherry- 605 001.
2 The Secretary to Government Higher Education Department O/o. the Chief Secretariat Puducherry- 605 001.
3 The Director of Health & Family Welfare Department & Nodal Officer State Medical Education Directorate for Union Territory of Puducherry Puducherry- 605 001 4 The Registrar, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Ganapathy Chettikulam Puducherry- 605 014 5 The Secretary, Medical Council of India Pocket-14 Sector-8 Dwarka Phase-1 New Delhi-110 077.
6 The Secretary to Government Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Department, Government of India, New Delhi.
RAJIV SHAKDHER,J.
AND ABDUL QUDDHOSE,J.
kk W.A.Nos.996 & 997 of 2017 and C.M.P.Nos.13964 & 13965 of 2017 24.08.2017