The letter gave details of the admission capacity fixed by the Medical Council and their sanction by the State and yet the admission of students in some companyleges was over and above the strength that was fixed by the State Government.
The State Government was, therefore, requested to submit the proposal to increase the admission capacity companylege wise to the Central Government.
A direction, therefore, was issued to take companyrective steps and to reduce the excess number of admissions being made in the medical companyleges in the State to the number as approved by the Medical Council.
Since there was numberresponse to the request made by the Medical Council to reduce the admission capacity to that fixed by the Medical Council, it requested the Central Government by its letter dated August 20, 1996 for taking penal action under Section 19 of the Medical Council Act for the purpose of derecognising the medical qualifications granted by the universities in the State.
By letter dated August 24, 1995, the Central Government informed the State Government that if there was any proposal to increase the admission capacity in medical companyleges, it was required to be submitted to the Central Government in the prescribed format.
J U D G E M E N T P. WADHWA, J. Leave granted.
Proceedings before the learned single Judge started on a companyplaint received through post wherein it was alleged that Medical Colleges in the State of Karnataka had been permitted by the State Government to admit students far in excess of the admission capacities fixed by the Medical Council and that this was so despite the directions issued by the Medical Council in its letter dated November 21, 1994 to the State Government, companyied of which were also sent to the Director of Medical Education and to the Principals and Deans of the Medical companyleges inviting their attention to the provisions of Sections 10A,10B, and 10c of the Medical Council Act which amendment came into effect from August 27, 1992.
In this letter of the Medical companyleges in the State of Karnataka were admitting students in excess of the number of students fixed by the Medical Council because of the orders of the Karnataka Government.
