[2025:RJ-JP:1071] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 22724/2017 Practicing Pathologists Society, Office At Shop No. 34/14-15, Sector-3, Haldighati Marg, Pratap Nagar, Jaipur-302033 (Raj.) Through Its Secretary, Dr. Rohit Jain S/o Shri Anil Kumar Jain, Aged 43 Years, Resident Of 34/434, Pratap Nagar, Sanganer, Jaipur-302033 (Raj.) ----Petitioner Versus 1. Union Of India, Ministry Of Medical, Health And Family Welfare, Through Its Principal Secretary, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi. 2. National Medical Commission, Through Its Chairperson, Sector-8, Pocket-14, Phase-1, Dwarka, New Delhi- 110077. 3. Quality Council Of India, Through Its Secretary General, Second Floor, Institution Of Engineering Building, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110002 4. National Accreditation Board For Testing And Calibration Laboratories, Through Its Director, Nabl House, Plot No. 45, Sector 44, Gurugram-122002 (Haryana) 5. Principal Secretary, Department Of Medical, Health And Family Welfare, Government Of Rajasthan, Jan Path, Secretariat, Jaipur (Raj.) 6. Director, Department Of Medical, Health And Family Welfare, Government Of Rajasthan, Swasthya Bhawan, Tilak Marg, Ashok Nagar, Jaipur (Raj.) 7. Registrar, Rajasthan Medical Council, Sardar Patel Marg, C-Scheme, Jaipur (Raj.) 8. Director General Of Police, Rajasthan Police Headquarters, Lal Kothi, Jaipur (Raj.) ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr.Gaurav Gupta For Respondent(s) : Mr.Yash Joshi & Mr.Shubhendra for Mr.Vigyan Shah, AAG Mr.Angad Mirdha [2025:RJ-JP:1071] (2 of 3) [CW-22724/2017] HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AVNEESH JHINGAN Order 08/01/2025 1. This petition is filed seeking directions to the respondents to comply with the decision dated 14.06.2017 issued by the Medical Council of India that all lab reports be signed/counter-signed by persons registered with Medical Council of India/State Medical Council. The petition is pending since 2017. 2. Learned counsel for the parties are at ad-idem that the Supreme Court in Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s).28529/2010 (North Gujarat Unit of Association of Self Employed Owners (Paramedical) of Private Pathology Laboratories of Gujarat VS. North Gujarat Pathologists Association & Ors.) and other connected matters vide order dated 12.12.2017 has disposed of the special leave to appeals by passing the following order:- “Heard learned counsels for the parties. Delay condoned. We dispose of all these special leave petitions and other pending applications, if any, by taking a view that the stand of the Medical Council of India that Laboratory Report can be counter signed only by a registered medical practitioner with a post graduate qualification in pathology is correct.” 3. In view of the order passed by the Supreme Court, the grievance raised in the present writ petition no longer survives. 4. The petition is disposed of. [2025:RJ-JP:1071] (3 of 3) [CW-22724/2017] 5. Needless to say that the petitioner shall be at liberty to avail remedies in accordance with law, in case of non compliance of the order of the Supreme Court and for redressal of surviving grievance if any. (AVNEESH JHINGAN),J Monika/68