HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 9547 of 2025 Court No. - 6 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners; learned Standing Counsel for respondent nos.1 & 2/State; Shri Ravi Singh, learned counsel for respondent no.3 and Shri Vineet Bihari, learned counsel holding brief of Shri Atul Kumar Dwivedi, learned counsel for respondent no.4. 2. Present petition has been filed by the petitioners who are five in number. The allegation is that respondent no.3 has rejected the request for grant of approval in respect of petitioner nos.1 & 2 for the B.Pharma Course and in respect of petitioner nos.3, 4 & 5 for D.Pharma Course. 3. Learned counsel for respondent no.3 states that an appeal is prescribed against the said order. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners states that although the appeal is prescribed and the same has already been filed at the behest of petitioner nos.2, 4 & 5, the foundation based upon which the rejection order has been passed i.e. for grant of NOC by the State, was considered by this Court vide judgment dated 19.08.2025 passed in Writ - C No.7273 of 2025 (C/M Karmyog Sewa Samiti v. State of U.P. & Ors.). 5. Upholding the objections raised by learned counsel for respondent no.3, present petition is disposed off permitting petitioner nos.1 & 3 to Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Gopal Pandey Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Atul Kumar Dwivedi, Ravi Singh Chandra Bhan Shiv Sagar College Of Pharmacy,Pratapgarh Thru. Its Secy. Ashok And 4 Ors. .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Technical Edu. Govt. Of U.P. Lko. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) prefer an appeal, if they so desire, in accordance with law. 6. All the appeals will be decided by the appellate authority of respondent no.3 in accordance with law. While doing so, the judgment of this Court dated 19.08.2025 passed in Writ - C No.7273 of 2025 shall be followed. 7. To further clarify, the appeals shall not be dismissed on the ground that NOC has not been granted by the State. 8. The appeals shall be decided within the timeline fixed by the Supreme Court in M.A. No.1593 of 2025 in Civil Appeal No.9048 of 2012 (Parshavanath Charitable Trust v. AICTE & Ors.). September 23, 2025 nishant WRIC No. 9547 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench