SAROJ COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, LKO. THRU. AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY, AMIT KUMAR UPADHYAY v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY., DEPTT. OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, LKO. AND OTHERS
WRIC/1034/2025 · 2025-02-11
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:8550 Court No. - 19 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 1034 of 2025 Petitioner :- Saroj College Of Pharmacy, Lko. Thru. Authorized Signatory, Amit Kumar Upadhyay Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy., Deptt. Of Technical Education, Lko. And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ajay Pratap Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Atul Kumar Dwivedi,Ravi Singh Hon'ble Manish Mathur,J.
1. Heard learned counsel for petitioner, learned State Counsel for opposite party no.1, Mr. Ravi Singh, learned counsel for Pharmacy Council of India-opposite party no.2 and Mr. Atul Kumar Dwivedi, learned counsel for opposite party no.3. 2. Petition has been filed seeking following main relief:- (i) To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of CERTIORARI thereby quashing the impugned order dated 6.1.2025 passed by the opposite party No. 1, so far it relates to the petitioner institution, contained as Annexure No. 1 to this Writ Petition. (ii) To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of CERTIORARI thereby quashing the impugned orders dated 13.1.2025 & counseling schedule dated 30.12.2024 issued/ passed by the opposite party No. 3 i.e. Dr. APJ Abul Kalam Technical University Lucknow, contained as Annexure No. 2 & 14 to this Writ Petition respectively. (iii) To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of MANDAMUS commanding the Opposite Parties especially the opposite parties No. 1 and 3 to grant affiliation to the petitioner institution for running B-Pharma course for the academic Session 2024-2025 as the recognition has already been granted by the Pharmacy council of India, New Delhi for running the aforesaid courses in the academic session 2024-2025 and same is still intact. 3. Various Petitions seeking quashing of order(s) bearing no.833923 of 2024 and 833903 of 2024 both dated 26.12.2024 as well as for granting affiliation to conduct B-Pharma course for the academic session 2024-25 were preferred by different institutions, leading petition being WRIT - C No. - 19 of 2025. The said petitions were allowed vide judgment and order dated 03.01.2025 and orders impugned in the said petitions were quashed issuing directions to opposite parties to reconsider grant of affiliation to said institutions in terms of recommendations made the University as well as approval
granted by Pharmacy Council of India. 4.
It is admitted by learned counsel for opposite parties that the relief sought in the present writ petition is similar to one sought in WRIT - C No. - 19 of 2025 and other connected matters. 5. In view of above, the present writ petition is also allowed in terms of judgment and order dated 03.01.2025 passed in bunch of writ petitions, the leading being WRIT - C No. - 19 of 2025. The relief granted to petitioner-institutions in the said bunch of petitions shall be extended to the present petitioner as well in the said terms. Order Date :- 11.2.2025 kvg/- Digitally signed by :- GIREESAN KV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench