- 1 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010295942026 NC: 2026:KHC:37899 WP No. 12945 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 21ST DAY OF JULY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK S.KINAGI WRIT PETITION NO. 12945 OF 2026 (EDN-RES) BETWEEN: 1. BAHUBALI INSTITUTE OF PARA MEDICAL SCIENCES GOMMATANAGAR, SHRAVANABELAGOLA-573135 TALUK- CHANNARAYANAPATTANA DST-HASAN REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL MR.BABAN DATHEWADI 2. SURAKSHA PARA MEDICAL COLLEGE CHITRADURGA-577501 REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL MR.CHANDRASHEKAR VASTRAD 3. GRV INSTITUTE OF PARA MEDICAL SCIENCES 21/3 GRV LAKE ARASANAHALLI IVC ROAD DEVANAHALLIU, BENGALURU-562110 REPRESENTED BY ITS MEMBER MR.BABU 4. SRI MANJUNATHA INSTITUTE OF PARA MEDICAL SCIENCE 100 FEET ROAD, VINOBANAGARA SHIVAMOGA-577204 REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL MR.GHOUSEALAM Digitally signed by KIRAN KUMAR R Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010295942026 NC: 2026:KHC:37899 WP No. 12945 of 2026 5. VIDYARTHI PARA MEDICAL COLLEGE KUSHALANAGARA KODAGU-571234 REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL SMT. TANUJA B T 6. GNANADEEKSHA INSTITUTE OF PARA MEDICAL SCIENCES HASSAN VIVEKANAGARA, GOWRIKOPPALU, HASSAN 573201 REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL MR.NANDAN M K 7. ABHAY PARA MEDICAL COLLEGE KALYAGATE, MAGADI TOWN, RAMANAGARA DISTRICT-562120 REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL MR.SUDHINDRA M P 8. GANGOTRI PARA MEDICAL COLLEGE BASAVESHWARANAGARA SHIVAMOGA-577204 REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL MR.B U VEERENDRA KUMAR 9. GNANADHARE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PARA MEDICAL SCIENCES HASSAN-573201 REPR. BY ITS PRINCIPAL MR.MADHUSUDHAN A N 10. VIDYARTHI PARA MEDICAL COLLEGE CHIKKAMAGALURU-577101 REP. BY ITS MANAGEMENT PROF.INDUKUMAR C H - 3 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010295942026 NC: 2026:KHC:37899 WP No. 12945 of 2026 11. JNANA GANGOTHRI PARA MEDICAL COLLEGE SHIVAMOGA-577204 REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL MRS.MANJULA SN 12. S G PARA MEDICAL COLLEGE, CHITRADURGA-577501 REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL MR.SANTHOSH GUDIMATH 13. VIDYA PARA MEDICAL COLLEGE MALAVALLI MANDYA-521111 REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL MR. CHANDRA MOHAN 14. SHREE ACHYUTHA INSTITUTE OF PARA MEDICAL SCIENCES CHITRADURGA-577501 REP. BY ITS CHAIRMAN MR.GOWTHAM G V 15. VASAVI PARA MEDICAL SCIENCES COLLEGE CHITRADURGA-577501 REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL MISS. VIDYALAKSHMI S A 16. JEEVANREKHA PARA MEDICAL INSTITUTE, NANDAGAD, TALUK: KHANAPUR, BELAGAVI-591120 REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRPERSON MR.A.R.HIREMATH 17. ANJUMAN INSTITUTE OF PARA MEDICAL SCIENCES, LAKSHMIPURI LAYOUT, RAMTEERTHNAGAR, - 4 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010295942026 NC: 2026:KHC:37899 WP No. 12945 of 2026 BELAGAVI-590015 REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL MR.MEHABUB K NADAF 18. JEEVAN REKHA PARA MEDICAL INSTITUTE, KHANAPUR, TALUK: KHANAPUR, BELAGAVI-591302 REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL DR ANNAPURNA A.H 19. A.S. PARA MEDICAL COLLEGE NEAR GANGONTRI MULTISPECIALITY HOSPITAL, YADRAMI, KALABURGI-585325 REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL MR.ABDUL SATTAR 20. SIDHI INSTITUTE OF PARA MEDICAL SCIENCES GADDANKERI, SIMIKERI, BAGALKOT-587102 REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL MR.ANANT DHOTRE 21. CHANNABASAVESHWARA PARA MEDICAL COLLEGE, DODDAHUNASEMATH, SAVANUR, HAVERI-581118 REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL MR.VISHWANATH PATIL 22. HUILGOL NARAYANRAO PARA MEDICAL COLLEGE, VIDYADANSAMITI GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS, K.C. RANI ROAD GADAG -582101 REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL MR.SRINIVAS H 23. RAM PARA MEDICAL COLLEGE, HARUGERI, ATHANI GOKAK ROAD, RAIBAG TALUK, BELAGAVI-591220 - 5 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010295942026 NC: 2026:KHC:37899 WP No. 12945 of 2026 REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRPERSON MR.D.B.PATIL 24. LAKEVIEW INSTITUTE OF PARA MEDICAL SCIENCES CTS NO: 1822/3, PLOT NO: 3B5, KANGARLI B K BOXITE ROAD KAMALESHWARANAGAR, BELAGAVAI-59010 REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL MR.NAGARAJ 25. SANGMESHWARA INSTITUTE OF PARA MEDICAL SCIENCES AMINGAD, BAGALKOT-587112 REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL MR.MUTTAPPA NEGALI 26. CHANAKYA INSTITUTE OF PARA MEDICAL SCIENCES TALIKOTE, VIJAYAPURA-586214 REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL MR.MALLANNA 27. YASHODA INSTITUTE OF PARA MEDICAL SCIENCE LINGASAGUR, RAICHUR-584122 REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL MR.SAMIR 28. DHARANI INSTITUTE OF PARA MEDICAL SCIENCES GANDHINAGAR, DHARWAD-580006 REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGEMENT MISS. VIJAYALAKSHMI C 29. SPANDANA PARA MEDICAL COLLEGE SWATHI WELFARE TRUST SURPUR KEMBHAVI, YADGIRI-585216 - 6 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010295942026 NC: 2026:KHC:37899 WP No. 12945 of 2026 REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRPERSON MR.MANJUNATH SASANUR 30. SRI SAI SAMARTHA PARA MEDICAL INSTITUTE, DHANWANTRI COMPLEX GAVI SIDDESHWARA BADAVAN JAMBUNATHA ROAD, HOSPETE, VIJAYANAGAR-583201 REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL MR.ARUNKUMAR 31. SPVVS PARA MEDICAL COLLEGE SINDAGI, VIJAYAPURA-586128 REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL MR.MRITYUNJAYA HIREMATH 32. SHARON PARA MEDICAL SCIENCES BILWA BUILDING BESIDE, BALAJI NURSING HOME, HALUR ROAD, BALLARI-583103 REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL DR SHARON 33. CHAITHANYA INSTITUTE OF PARA MEDICAL SCIENCES VIJAYANAGAR COLONY, CANTONMENT, BALLARI-583103 REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL DR.SIDDARAMANNA GOWDA 34. AMARESHWARA PARA MEDICAL COLLEGE BASAVANABAGEWADI, VIJAYAPURA-586203 REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL MR.CHETAN SINDE 35. V.E.I PARA MEDICAL COLLEGE NEAR LIC OFFICE SINDAGI, VIJAYAPURA 586128 REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL - 7 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010295942026 NC: 2026:KHC:37899 WP No. 12945 of 2026 MR. RAHUL CHAVAN 36. PARTH SCHOOL OF PARA MEDICAL SCIENCES, BANASHREE COMPLEX BANASHANKARI TEMPLE ROAD, BADAMI-587201 REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRPERSON MISS. PRIYANKA PATIL 37. SPANADANA COLLEGE OF PARA MEDICAL SCIENCES OPP. BUDHA VIHAR, SHAHAPUR, YADGIRI-585223 REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL MR.SIRAJUDDIN 38. ARUNODAYA PARA MEDICAL COLLEGE BAGALKOT SECTOR NO.45 NAVANAGAR BAGALKOT-587103 REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL MR. SHIVUKUMAR KAMBI 39. JYOTI INSTITUTE OF PARA MEDICAL SCIENCES RANEBENNUR, HAVERI-581115 REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL MR.MALLIKARJUN JYOTI 40. GAVISIDDESHWARA INSTITUTE OF PARA MEDICAL SCIENCES, YELBURGA, KOPPAL-583236 REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL MR.RANGANATH 41. BGS PARA MEDICAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES KUSHTAGI KOPPAL-583277 REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL - 8 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010295942026 NC: 2026:KHC:37899 WP No. 12945 of 2026 MR.SHRISHAIL WADI 42. MAHIMA INSTITUTE PARA MEDICAL SCIENCES BALLARI-583103 REP. BY ITS CORRESPONDENT DR.SHADRACK 43. SHRI SADGURU RAYALINGESHWAR PARA MEDICAL COLLEGE MUDHOL BAGALKOT-587313 REP. BY ITS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER MR.BASAPPA HUPPAR 44. B.M. HORAKARI INSTITUTE OF PARA MEDICAL SCIENCES BELUR BADAMI BAGALKOT-587201 REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL MR.B.M.HORAKERI 45. SHRI SUSHRUTA PARA MEDICAL GAJENDRAGAD GADAG-582114 REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL DR. M.V.BADIGER 46. HULIGAPPA PARA MEDICAL COLLEGE DR.B.R.AMBEDKAR EDUCATIONAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY YADGIR-585202 REP. BY PRESIDENT MR.ANANAD KADLOOR 47. MARGADARSHAN PARA MEDICAL COLLEGE MARGADARSHAN EDUCATION TRUST ILKAL TONDIHAL BAGALKOT-587154 REP. BY CHAIRPERSON - 9 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010295942026 NC: 2026:KHC:37899 WP No. 12945 of 2026 MR.RAKSHITH.V.KUDALAGIMATH 48. DARSHANPUR PARA MEDICAL COLLEGE SHAHAPUR YADGIR-585223 REP. BY PRINCIPAL MR.SIRAJUDDIN 49. HKGN PARA MEDICAL COLLEGE SHAHAPUR YADGIR-585223 REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL MR.ABDULLA 50. ANUGRAHA PARA MEDICAL COLLEGE NEERALAGI DEVARAHIPPARAGI, VIJAYAPURA-586115 REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL MR.B.M.TALWAR 51. SURAKSHA PARA MEDICAL COLLEGE MEDLERI ROAD RANEBENNUR-581115 REP. BY ITS PRINCIPAL MANJAPPA JYOTHI …PETITIONERS (BY SRI. SHIVARUDRA.,ADVOCATE) AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL EDUCATION M.S.BUILDING, VIDHANA VEEDHI, BANGALORE - 560 001. - 10 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010295942026 NC: 2026:KHC:37899 WP No. 12945 of 2026 2. DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL EDUCATION BANGALORE MEDICAL COLLEGE BUILDING, FORT, BANGALORE - 560 002. 3. KARNATAKA NURSING AND PARAMEDICAL SCIENCES EDUCATION (REGULATION) AUTHORITY NO.40/20A, LAKSHMI COMPLEX, 1ST FLOOR, OPP. VANI VILAS HOSPITAL, FORT, BENGALURU 560 002. REP. BY ITS SECRETARY / SPECIAL OFFICER 4. THE CHAIRMAN NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR ALLIED AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSION, 2ND FLOOR, ACADEMIC BLOCK, NIHFW CAMPUS, MUNIRKA, NEW DELHI -110067 5. KARNATAKA STATE ALLIDE AND HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL COUNCIL BANGALORE MEDICAL COLLEGE CAMPUS, KRISHNA RAJENDRA ROAD, FORT, KALASIPALYA, BENGALURU, KARNATAKA- 560002. REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. SUDARSHAN SURESH ,ADVOCATE FOR R3 (VK NOT FILED) SMT. RASHMI RAO HCGP FOR R1 AND R2 (MA NOT FILED) S RAJASHEKAR FOR R4 MOHAMMED SAHIL FOR R5 THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO (1) ISSUE A WRIT - 11 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010295942026 NC: 2026:KHC:37899 WP No. 12945 of 2026 IN THE NATURE OF CERTIORARI QUASHING CIRCULAR BEARING NO.PMB/90/26-27 DATED 21.04.2026 VIDE ANNEXURE-C ISSUED BY R3 (II) ISSUE A WRIT OF MANDAMUS DIRECTING THE RESPONDENTS TO PERMIT THE PETITIONERS TO MAKE ADMISSIONS FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2026-27 AS IT WAS AGREED UPON BY THE STAKEHOLDERS TO PHASE OUT THE COURSES IN THE SPAN OF 5 YEARS VIDE ANNEXURE-E AND ETC. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK S.KINAGI ORAL ORDER After arguing the matter for some time, learned counsel for the petitioners seeks leave of this Court to withdraw the writ petition. 2. The memo is placed on record. 3. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. - 12 - HC-KAR CNR: KAHC010295942026 NC: 2026:KHC:37899 WP No. 12945 of 2026 4. Pending interlocutory application/s, if any, stands disposed of accordingly. Sd/- (ASHOK S.KINAGI) JUDGE SKS