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St Pauls College of Nursing and Others v. State of West Bengal and Ors.

Calcutta HC11 Jan 2022WPA/433/2022

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The High Court allowed the Writ Petition and ordered respondent authorities to permit petitioners to start the nursing course admission process for the 2021-2022 session. The court directed respondents not to act in terms of the impugned order mandating Indian Nursing Council affiliation, allowing admission for the mopup round while retaining the right for the council to conduct inspections.

What did the court decide?

Direction to respondent authorities to allow petitioners to start admission process in nursing course for 2021-2022 and not take steps in terms of impugned order; liberty to INC for inspection.

St Pauls College of Nursing and Others Vs State of… — Education and Admissions | Calcutta HC (2022)

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11.01.2022 sayandeep Sl. No. 06 Ct. No. 05

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WPA 433 of 2022

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[Via Video Conference]

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St. Paul’s College of Nursing (under Ankur Hospital) & Ors.

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-Versus-

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The State of West Bengal & Ors.

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Mr. Shuvro P. Lahiri

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Mr. Kunal Ganguly

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….. for the petitioners Mr. Swapan Kr. Datta

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…. for the State

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Mr. Loknath Chatterjee

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… for the U.O.I. Mr. Nilotpal Chatterjee

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….. for the respondent No. 7

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Affidavit-of-service filed in Court today is kept on record.

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The petitioners’ prayer for similar orders to those passed by this Court including in WPA 20096 of 2021 and by a coordinate Bench in WPA 41 of 2022 being orders dated 16th December, 2021 and 4^th January, 2022 respectively. By the said orders, the Court was of the view that affiliation to the Indian Nursing Council is not the requirement which is provided under the relevant statute. The impugned order requiring affiliation of the petitioner to the Indian Nursing Council was set aside by the order dated 4^th January, 2022.

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Learned counsel submits that the last date of admission for all nursing programs for the year 2021-

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2022 was extended till 31^st March, 2022 by a notification dated 23^rd December, 2021 by the Indian Nursing Council and prays that the petitioners allowed to participate in the counseling in the Mop-up round and allowed to start admission process for the students in the nursing course with immediate effect.

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The Indian Nursing Council and the State are represented.

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Since several orders have been passed by this Court including a coordinate Bench, WPA 433 of 2022 is allowed and disposed of in terms of prayers ‘c’ and ‘d’ with a direction to the respondent authorities not to take any steps in terms of the impugned order dated 30^th November, 2021 and to allow the petitioners to start the admission process in the nursing course for the 2021-2022 seassion.

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The INC shall be at liberty to proceed with the inspection as mandated under the Act in the meantime if required.

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All parties are to act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.

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(Moushumi Bhattacharya, J.)

St Pauls College of Nursing and Others v. State of West Bengal and Ors.

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