Mangala College of Speech and Hearing v. Rehabilitation Council of India
Case brief
What is this about?
NC: 2025:KHC:49382; High Court of Karnataka, Bengaluru; WP No. 34852 of 2025 (EDN-RES); decided 26.11.2025 by Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar. Petitioners: Mangala College of Speech and Hearing Unit of Mangala Charitable Trust, Mangala Charitable Trust, Dr. Ganapathi.P, Dr. Anitha G Bhat, Rajesh Mali, Rahul G Bhat, Swathi P Bhat (counsel P.N. Manmohan for Vinay N). Respondents: Rehabilitation Council of India and Union of India (counsel Unnikrishnan M). Subject: quashing of RCI communication dated 25.09.2025 regretting approval of BASLP course; remand for fresh inspection (03.12.2025) and fresh reconsideration of affiliation for academic year 2025-26 by 10.12.2025 per Official Memorandum dated 14.10.2025; writ of certiorari; education/affiliation dispute.
What did the court decide?
Petition allowed; impugned communication at Annexure-L dated 25.09.2025 quashed; matter remitted to the 1st respondent for fresh consideration of the affiliation application for academic year 2025-26, with fresh inspection fixed on 03.12.2025 and reconsideration on or before 10.12.2025 bearing in mind the Official Memorandum dated 14.10.2025, providing sufficient and reasonable opportunity to the petitioner.