Ambalika Welfare Foundation Trust Thru. Auth. Sign. Sri Ashutosh Dwivedi v. State of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Tech. Edu. Lko. and 5 Others
WRIT PETITION – PCI APPROVAL
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), Writ-C No. 8296 of 2025, Ambalika Welfare Foundation Trust v. State of U.P., decided 03.09.2025 by Pankaj Bhatia, J. PCI approval refused for want of State Government NOC; Court followed C/M Karmyog Sewa Samiti (Writ-C No.7273 of 2025, decided 19.08.2025) holding NOC not required; PCI guidelines stood overruled; petition disposed permitting appeal, appeal to be decided on merits (not dismissed for want of NOC) within two weeks, per Supreme Court timeline in M.A. No.711 of 2025 in C.A. No.9048 of 2012 (last date 30.09.2025). Keywords: PCI approval; NOC; State Government; Pharmacy Council appeal; writ disposed.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of permitting the petitioner to prefer an appeal against the impugned PCI order; the PCI appellate authority to decide the appeal on merits (not dismissing it for want of the State Government NOC) in light of C/M Karmyog Sewa Samiti, within two weeks, keeping in view the Hon'ble Supreme Court's last date of 30.09.2025; upon grant of approval, the State Government to take consequential action within the prescribed timeline.