HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 9217 of 2025 Court No. - 6 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard Shri Vatsal Rastogi, learned counsel the petitioner; learned Standing Counsel for the State; Ms. Aditi Tripathi, learned counsel for respondent nos.2 & 3 and Ms. Sambhavi Singh, learned counsel holding brief of Shri Ravi Singh, learned counsel for respondent no.4. 2. Present petition has been filed challenging the order dated 12.02.2025 communicated vide order dated 25.02.2025 whereby the request of the petitioner for grant of approval was rejected by Pharmacy Council of India (for short 'PCI'). 3. Learned counsel for respondent no.4 states that an appeal is prescribed against the said order. 4. A similar issue was dealt with by this Court vide judgment dated 03.09.2025 passed in Writ - C No.8296 of 2025 (Ambalika Welfare Foundation Trust v. State of U.P. & Ors.). 5. Upholding the said objection of respondent no.4, present petition is disposed off permitting the petitioner to prefer an appeal against the impugned order within one week from today which shall be decided in accordance with law. 6. The appeal shall be decided without insisting on requirement of NOC Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Paavan Awasthi Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Atul Kumar Dwivedi, Ravi Singh Shri Tirupati Siksha Prasar Samiti Thru. Authorized Signatory Mr. Ashish Dixit .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Technical Edu. Lko. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) of the State Government which aspect was considered extensively by this Court vide judgment dated 19.08.2025 in Writ - C No.7273 of 2025 (C/M Karmyog Sewa Samiti v. State of U.P. & Ors.). 7. It is further clarified that all the directions issued by this Court in the case of C/M Karmyog Sewa Samiti (supra) shall be taken into consideration while deciding the appeal, which shall be decided within the timeline as prescribed by the Supreme Court vide order 08.09.2025 passed in M.A. No.1593 of 2025 in Civil Appeal No.9048 of 2012 (Parshavanath Charitable Trust v. AICTE & Ors.). September 18, 2025 nishant WRIC No. 9217 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench