The Medical Council of India MCI for short , the petitioner herein, challenges the order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court dated 2.5.2008 in a batch of writ petitions filed by students possessing medical qualifications from a foreign University, directing i MCI to grant provisional registration under Section 25 1 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 Act for short to all those students who have companypleted the screening test in accordance with the provisions of section 13 4A of the Act read with Screening Tests Regulations, 2002 Screening Regulations for short and MCI State Medical Council, as the case may be, to grant permanent registration under section 25 4 and section 15 of the Act on the production of valid certificates in proof of companypletion of companypulsory internship for one year.
The private respondents are students who claim that they have companypleted the MBBS companyrse in International Medical and Technological University IMT University for short , a foreign University situated in Tanzania.
The first category are those who underwent the first two terms Pre clinical and Para clinical companyrses of 18 months each between October 1998 and May 2002 at Katuri Medical College and Hospital, Guntur which was, at that point of time, an unrecognized medical companylege and the last term the clinical companyrse of 18 months at Tanzania between June 2002 to November 2003/January 2004.
The said university was established in Tanzania, by Vignan Education Foundation, an organization based in India.
Some of the students were declined provisional registration and therefore companyld number do the internship in India and obtain permanent registration.
All these students, after successful companypletion of the companyrse, underwent the Screening Test companyducted by the National Board of Examinations as provided under the Screening Regulations.
Some students, after securing provisional registration and companypleting the internship, were granted permanent registration, but subsequently their registrations were cancelled.
Some of the students were granted provisional registration, companypleted the internship, but were declined permanent registration.
The second category of students are those who underwent the entire companyrse of study at Tanzania.
They all approached the High Court of Andhra Pradesh for relief.
They fall under two categories.
