Mithra School of Nursing v. the Karnataka State Diploma in Nursing Examination Board
Education – Nursing
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC 2026 writ petition (WP No. 432 of 2026, EDN-RES, decided 09.01.2026, Justice Ashok S. Kinagi): Mithra School of Nursing, Nelamangala, and 38 first-year GNM students sought mandamus to the Karnataka State Diploma in Nursing Examination Board to approve admissions (48 students admitted for 2024-25 against intake of 50; upload missed despite 20.01.2025 portal deadline due to technical error) via representation dated 13.11.2025 (Annexure-E), generate registration numbers and permit 1st year GNM final examinations commencing 12.01.2026. Disposed of on Board's consent to examine the representation in accordance with law; records to be furnished by 10.02.2026. Keywords: GNM examination, registration number generation, nursing diploma admissions, Annexure-E representation, mandamus, education.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with directions to the respondent Board to consider the Annexure-E representation dated 13.11.2025 by generating the registration numbers of petitioner Nos. 2 to 39 and to permit petitioner Nos. 2 to 39 to take up the 1st year GNM Course Final Examination commencing 12.01.2026; petitioner directed to furnish all relevant records to the Board on or before 10.02.2026.