Lakshmi Duraiswamy Charitable Trust v. The Registrar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 28-03-2025
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MRS JUSTICE N. MALA WMP.No. 12814 of 2025 in W.P.No. 11365 of 2025 Lakshmi Duraiswamy Charitable Trust 18/121, Mettupalayam Road, Behind Indian Bank, Thudiyalur, Coimbatore Established and Administering Sri Lakshmi College Of Allied Health Sciences, S.No.32/13B, Mettupalayam Road, Thudiyalur Village, North Zone, Coimbatore-641 034 Rep. by its Managing Trustee and Chairman, Dr.Suresh Kumar ... Petitioner(s) Vs
1. The Registrar, Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University, 69, Anna Salai, Guindy, Chennai-600 032.
2. The Director of Medical Education, Directorate of Medical Education Campus, Kilpauk, Chennai-600 010.
3. The Secretary To Government, Department of Health And Family Welfare, 1/7
Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai.
...Respondent(s)
For Petitioner : M/s.D.Prabhu Mukunth Arunkumar For Respondents : Mr.J.Selvaraja for R1 Mr.E.Sundaram Government Advocate for RR1and 3
ORDER
This writ miscellaneous petition is filed for issuance of a direction to the first respondent / University to provide the petitioner College login credentials for four Under Graduate Allied Health Science Courses to register the students who had been admitted in Under Graduate Allied Health Science Courses for the academic year 2024-25, pending disposal and subject to the outcome of the writ petition.
2. The petitioner College was permitted to start Under Graduate Courses in Allied Health Science with an intake of 20 seats in each of the 4 courses vide G.O.(Ms)No.382, Health and Family Welfare (PME.1) Department dated 2/7
21.11.2024, by the third respondent. The first respondent / University in pursuance to the aforesaid Government Order passed the impugned order granting conditional provisional affiliation for starting four Allied Health Science courses for the academic year 2024-25 reducing the intake as follows: Sl.No.
Name of the Course Annual Intake B.Sc Medical Laboratory Technology 15 Seats B.Sc Operation Theatre and Anaesthesia Technology 10 Seats B.Sc Cardiac Technology 10 Seats B.Sc Accident and Emergency Care Technology 15 Seats The petitioner aggrieved by the impugned order, filed the above writ petition.
3. The petitioner College admitted three students in B.Sc., Cardiac Technology, one student in B.S.C., Medical Laboratory Technology and six students in B.Sc., Operation Theatre and Anesthesia Technology. The petitioner college admitted the students within the last date of admission (i.e) 30.12.2024. The College sent the students list to the first respondent / University on 21.12.2024. Thereafter the College requested the University to provide it with CMS2 Institution login credential for R1 and R2 Login to enroll / register the 3/7
students as the last date for link registration was 28.03.2025. However, the 1st respondent/ University did not provide the same. Hence, the petitioner prayed for the interim direction.
4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that today is the last date for online registration of the students particulars and therefore, unless and until the petitioner College is provided with the login credentials to register the students, it would cause great hardship to the students and the College. He further submitted that no prejudice would be caused to the respondent University in as much as the number of students admitted was well within the approved intake granted by the University.
5. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the respondents and perused the materials placed before this Court.
6. It is seen that though the Government vide G.O.(Ms)No.382 dated 21.11.2024, permitted an intake of 80 seats, in the four Allied Courses started by the petitioner College, the first respondent / University in its conditional provisional affiliation restricted the intake to 50 seats for the four courses. The 4/7
petitioner College admitted only ten students for three courses and did not admit any student for one course. As the students are admitted within the permitted intake granted by the 1st respondent / University, as rightly contended by the learned counsel for the petitioner, no prejudice would be caused to the University by granting the interim relief.
7. I am therefore inclined to direct the respondents to provide college login credentials to the three Under Graduate Allied Health Sciences Subjects namely, B.Sc., Cardiac Technology, B.S.C., Medical Laboratory Technology and B.Sc., Operation Theatre and Anesthesia Technology, so as to enable the petitioner to register the students admitted in the aforesaid courses for the academic year 20242025 forthwith. Considering that today is the last date for online registration, the learned counsels for the petitioner and the respondent are directed to communicate this order to the first respondent / University immediately by Email. However, it is made clear that the direction issued herein is subject to the result of the writ petition.
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To
1. The Registrar, Tamil Nadu Dr.M.G.R Medical University, 69, Anna Salai, Guindy, Chennai-600 032.
2. The Director of Medical Education, Directorate of Medical Education Campus, Kilpauk, Chennai-600 010.
3. The Secretary to Government, Department of Health And Family Welfare, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai.
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