NAZNEEN ATWAL Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THOUGH various prayers have been made by the petitioners in this petition, but essentially they are praying for recognition of their Degree of Bachelor of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry (hereinafter referred to as the "B.V.Sc. & A.H.") passed from the Apollo College of Veterinary Medicine, Jaipur (hereinafter referred to as the "Apollo College") affiliated to the Rajasthan Agricultural University (now known as Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner).

(2.) IN brief, the petitioners joined the Apollo College of Veterinary Medicine, Jaipur in the course of B.V.Sc. and A.H. and completed it in the month of November, 2014. During their studies, an issue regarding recognition of the Apollo College had arisen that it had not been recognized by the Veterinary Council of India. The issue was ultimately decided by the Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No.6842 of 2014, arising out of SLP(C) No.35057 of 2011, titled as "Apollo College of Veterinary Medicine v. Rajasthan State Veterinary Council and Ors.", decided on 25.07.2014, in the following manner: -

(3.) IT is alleged that the petitioners and other similarly situated students of the batch of 2009 -2014, who were in the concluding session of their studies, were also required to have been granted benefit in terms of the aforesaid order of the Supreme Court as the students who had completed their B.V.Sc. and A.H. degree from the Apollo College were given admission in Master of Veterinary Science (hereinafter referred to as "M.V.Sc.") in Guru Angad Dev Veterinary Sciences University, Ludhiana (hereinafter referred to as the "University"). It is further alleged that when the admissions for the M.V.Sc. course started on 13.01.2015, the petitioners, who had applied for admission in the said course, were verbally told by the University that they cannot be considered eligible for admission as the University had not received any official communication for the students like the petitioners from the Veterinary Council of India and the Government of India.