The Karnataka High Court dismisses a PIL with the prayer to quash the circular issued by the Commissioner Health and Family Welfare services (respondent no.1) for simplifying the process of registration of private medical establishments under the Karnataka Private Medical Establishments Act, 3 2007.
The Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice S. Vishwajith Shetty have heard the counsels for the parties at length and observed that it is a salutary principle of law that a public property needs to be dealt with in the manner prescribed in law.
Karnataka High Court have perused the record and observed that in ‘PEOPLE’S UNION FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES vs UNION OF INDIA & OTHERS’ (WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No.196/2001), the Supreme Court directed that freshly cooked meals be provided to children in all the Government schools across the country.
The Court can interfere with the policy decision only when it suffers from manifest illegality or is shown to be per se arbitrary. The challenge to the policy decision must be made before the execution of the project, observed the Bench.
The Karnataka High Court dismissed a PIL seeking cancellation of the allotments of land made in favour of the Director of inter University centre for Yogi Sciences and Vice Chancellor of Central University of Karnataka (Respondent No.11) in Pantharpalya Village within Bangalore University.