Court : Himachal Pradesh
Decided on : Jan-09-1998
Reported in : AIR1998HP46
M.N. Rao, C.J.1. This is an unusual writ petition with hardly any parallel. The State of Himachal Pradesh represented by its Secretary, Department of Health is seeking judicial review of the action of the Central Government represented by the Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Medical Council of India represented by its Secretary, New Delhi, concerning permission for a Medical College --Dr. Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, it wants to establish at Tanda in Kangra District with an annual intake of 50 students in the first year, the academic year 1997-98. 2. The State of Himachal Pradesh comprises mountainous terrain of 55,693 sq. km. with 19388 villages scattered all over the State and most of the inhabitants are of tribal and rural background. For the entire State there is only one medical college Indira Gandhi Medical College established in 1960 in the capital city Shimla, long before the State of Himachal Pradesh came into being. The annual intake for...
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