WP/30360/2025 of Dr. A. Chaitanya Reddy Vs The State of Telangana on 24 February 2026

1. The State of Telangana. Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Medical Health and Family Welfare Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyder-abad.

3. Telangana State ft,4edical Council, represented by its secretary, Hyderabad. AND : "'PETITIONERS Dr. A. Chaitanya Reddy, S/o Late. A. Adinarayana Reddy, Occupation. lr/edical Practitioner and Director of Oxycare Hospital, Plot No 208, V.N.Colony, Moulali, Hyderabad. ...RESPONDENT Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to vacate the interim orders passed in w.P.No. 30140 of 2o2s dated 26to!t 1025 and dismiss the Writ Petition. Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI ALLURI DIVAKAR REDDy Counsel forthe Respondent No.1 & 2: Gp FOR MEDICAL t{:ALTH FW Counsel for the Respondent No.3: SRI SAMA SANDEEP RE DDy, SC FOR TSMC WRIT PETITION NO: 30293 OF 2025 Between:

M/s. Omni Hospitals, owned by INCOR Hospitals )vt. Ltd, having its registered office at Sy.No. 9/'llA, Opposite p.V.T. Mar I t Kothapet ,X, Rload, D-ilsukhnagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, lndia, 500035 ar i Represented by its lvledical Director, Dr. tVl Gautham Reddy Dr. [/ Gautham Reddy, S/o. Ivlr. M. Venkat Ram Reddy \ged about 54 years, Occ. Doctor and [/edical Director (Omni Hospitats, Kct jpet), R/o. Vil[a No. 144, Vessella lvleadows, lbrahim Bagh, Opposite Taranr; ti Baiadari, Narsingi, Ibrahimbagh, Hyderabad, Telangana, lndia - 500031 PETITIONERS AND State of Telangana, Rep. by its principal Secretary, t ( partment of f\,4edical Health and Family Welfare, Secretariat, Hyderabad - SC) t\z The- District Registering Authority, Directorate of pub ir Health and Family Welfare, DM and HS Campus, Koti, Hyderabad, Telangil a - 50000.1 . The Telangna State Medical Council, Represented by t:, lecretary, p. B. 523, Sultan Bazaar, near Post Office, opposite Womens )ollege, Hyderabad, Telangana 500095

Pelition under Articre 226 of the constitution of rndiz praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High o urt may be pleased to issue a writ or order or direction, particurarly in the nz ure of the writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the Respondent No.3 in pi;sing the lmpugned order dated 24-09-2025 removing the name of the petitioner rJ .2 from the Medicar Register of the Respondent No.3 for a period of 6 months from re date of receipt of the lmpugned order, directing the petitioner to surrender his p.r nanent Registration certificate bearing No. 42594 and the certificate of Renewar before the Respondent No.3 on or before 10 days from the receipt of the order, and further recommending the Respondents '1 and 2 to take appropriate action and cancer the Registration of the Petitioner No.1 as whorry iIegar, arbitrary and in vioration of Articres 14, 19(rxg) and 21 of lhe constitution and principres of naturar .iustice and to consequenfly, quash and set-aside the Respondent No.3. Impugned Order dated 24-09-2025 passed by the l.A. NO: 1OF 2025 Petition under section 1s1 cpc praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High court may be preased to suspend the Impugned order dated 24-09-2o2s passed by the Respondent No.3 and pass such other orde(s) as this Hon'ble Court deems fit circumstances of the case in the interest of Justice. and proper under the Counsel for the Petitioners: SRt P.VENUGOPAL, Sr. COUNSEL, assisted by Ms. A.T.S.S.P.VAISHNAVI Counsel forthe Respondent No.1 & 2: Gp FOR MEDICAL HEALTH FW Counsel forthe Respondent No.3: SRI SAMASANDEEP REDDY, SC FOR TSMC WRIT PETITION No: 30360 0F 2025

1. The State of Telangana, Rep. by its principal Secretary, Medical Health and Family Welfare Department, Secretarrat Buildings, Hyderabad.

3. Telangana State lr/edical Council, represented by its secretary, Hyderabad.

4. The District Medical and Health Officer, Medchal_ Ivtalkajgiri Diskict. Between: Dr. A.. Chaitanya Reddy, S/o Late. A. Adinarayana Reddy, Occupation Medical Practitioner and Director Of Oxycare Hospital, R/o.ptot N; 20S, V. N. Colony, [\,4oulali, Hyderabad-500040 AND ...PET|T|ONER ...RESPONDENTS

Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of lnCli praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High r)ourt may be pleased to issue a writ or order or direction more particurarry in lre nature of writ of I\'4andamus declaring the action of Respondent No.4 in pass nc the proceedings vide Proceedings No.SPL-027DMHO/IVDCL/2025 dated 30.09 2i )_5, as being illegat, arbitrary and violation of principres of Naturar Justice and con i ,quenfly set aside the Proceedings vide Proceedings No.spL-027DMHo/lvDCL/20. 5 dated 30.og.2025 passed by the respondent No.4. l.A. NO: 1 OF 2o2s Petition under section 151 cpc praying lhat in the circur stances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High court may o() oreased to direct the Respondents not to take any coercive steps against the peti.i )ner in pursuance to the Proceedrngs dated 24.09.2025 and 30.og.2o2s, pendin,l disposar of the writ petition. Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI p.KAS| NAGESWARA RAO. lEp. M/s. PILLIX LAW FtRM Counsel for the Respondent No.1 & 2: Gp FOR MEDICAL lrl ALTH FW Counsel for the Respondent No.3: SRI SAMA SANDEEp RE I rDy, SC FOR TSMC The Court made the following: COMMON ORDER

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No. 3O3OO 3014() 30293 AND 30350 202s

24. O2.2026 W.P.No. 3O3OO OF 2025 Between: M/s Erya Hospitals and Diabetic Centre, Rep. by its Medical Director Dr. K.V. Mallik:fjuna Rao and another ..- Petilioners And State of Telanga-na, Rep. by its Principal Secretarv-, Department of Medrcal, Health and Famity Wclfa-re and others W.P.No. 3014O OF 2025 Between: Dr. A. Chaitanya Reddy And State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secrctary, Department of Medical, He:rlth zrnd Famil,v-' Welfare & others. lV.P.No. 30360 OF 2025 Between: Dr. A. Chaitanya Reddy, Medical Practitioner and Director of Respondents Petitioner Respondents

) C)ry'care Hospital, Nloulali Ancl PetiLroncr The Statc of Teiangala, Rep, by its Principal Secretary, Medical, Hcalth ancl F zrmily Welfare Department ar-rd others Respondents W.P.No. 3()293 OF 2025 Between: M/s Omni Hospita-ls, owned by INCOR Hospitals Rrt And another Pc titioners And State of Telargana, Rcp. b1, its Principal Secretary, Dcpartment of Medical, Health and Family Welfare and othcrs Rcspondents

COMMON ORDER:

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2. writ Petitions No. 3o3o0, 3o14o ancl it)2t)3 c.I' 2o'2:> are filed by t$,o Hospitals and Medical Practiti': rers assailing the final orders dated 24.09 .2025 renro ing mcdrcal practitioners from the medical register for a perio- o[ six months cl Since the issue raised in all these \\ it Pctilions is one and the same, they are being disposed of 1,. this common

and also recommending to cancel the registration of two Hospitals. Whereas, Writ petition No. 30360 of 2025 is filed by onc of the medical practitioners, questioning the consequential suspension order dated 3O.O9.2O25 bv u'hich it rvas directed that Oxycare Hospital should appoint a registered medical practitioner, duly registered u,ith the concerned District Registration Authority, as the interim Medical Director to ensure continuity of ethical and legally compliant mcdical oversight.

3. The common grievance in these Writ Pctitions relates to a suo-moto cognizance taken by the Telangana Medical Council based on photo clippings widely circulatcd on Social Media about an incident occurred on 22.04.2025 :rt Bhongir, vvherein, Petitioner Hospitals and Medical practitioncrs were allegedly found to be sponsoring and colluding i.r.ith the unqualified persons i.e., Quacks. Final ordcrs datcd 24.O9.2025 came to be passed removing the medical praclilioners from the Medical Register for a period of six months, u,ith conseqr-renlial directions to surrender the Permanent RegisLraiion Certificate and further recommending cancellation of regis[ration of the Hospitals.

4. For the sake of convenience, Wrrt 3030O ol 2025 is takcn as a lead matter.

5. It is the case o[ Petit_ioners that, lh: Hospitals and equipped with modern technologl, 1 cxperL medical practitioners promoling FIr z providing patient safety across India. The-y re,: cause notice dated 25.O4.2O25 from Respondent involvemcnt ol Hospital for sponsoring and part meeting lr.iLh Quacks (unqualihed medical pr: Bhongrr, Telangana on 22.04.2025 and direct r explanation. Petitioners submitted reply/explar: that they dulv adhered to the guidelines frarrLe < Medica[ Commission and they have not given ati d isplay o[ Hospitals Banuer. In fact, petitioners . approachcd seeking sponsorship for the purposr: r Girl Chitd" program. Accordingly, donation r,, Peti[ioncrs lor the said program. Other thar donatior-t, petitioners u,ere not involved in anv a: patients or providing any Hospital facilities in tbe Thereaftcr, notice dated 14.OS.2O2S was issut., hcaring before the Ethics Committee on 27.OS.2Cti: Petition No. ' are reputed nd staffccl by I ahcerre and ivecl a shou. 'lo. 3 alleging :ipating in a rtitioners) at g to submit tions sta ting by Natior-ral ' consent for rspitals u,ere i "Saving the rs givcn b1. this act of of soliciting ;:rid meeting. scheduling for violation

of Regulations 6.1.1., 6.4.1 and 7.19 of thc Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics Regulations) 2002. Petitioner No.2 appeared and denied the involvement in the Quacks meetinEa held at Bhongir on 22 .O4.2O25. Thereafter, no information ll'as reccived by the Petitioner and suddenly impugned order came to be passcd.

6. Learned Senior Counsel Sri P. Venugopal assisted by Ms. A.T.S.S.P. Vaishnavi, Sri P. Kasi Nagcss'ara Rao, A. Divakar Reddy submits that no enquiry was conducted belore passing the impugned order dated 24.O9.2025; petitioners \r'ere made to admit the guilt forcefully by stating lenient vien' "r.ould be laken and lesser penalty in the form of fine woulcl be imposed if the guilt is admitted; thus, the impugneci order is in violation of principles of natural justrce and arbitrarv. It u,as further submitted that Pe titioners only provided donation for thc purpose of "Saving the Girl Child" programme and even as per the impugned order, Petitioners have no role and are not involved in organising the said mecting dated 22.04 .2025 . Petitioners have not given any consent for display of banncr appeared in the photographs. Petitioners have no knou,lcdge about thc alleged display of banner. lt is further contented rhat, admission mzrdc by the delinquent alone canr ( basis lor imposiIion oI punishrnent as u'as donc casc. F irstll', the lactum of misconduct should lr, thc misconduct is proved by way of either docum : of oral evidence, the further question as to q,h: concerned is guilty of Lhe misconduct chargecl r required to be examined. Without undertaking 1t i impugned order came to be passed illegalty.

6.1. Learned Senior Counsel relied upon -

22. O3.1984 in Special Leave Application No. Silili by the I{igh Corrrt of Gujarat in Natq.varbhqi S. Union Bank oJ India and contends that ordinar alone of the dehnquent ofhcer cannot be regarrl,: prool of misconcluct as n,ell as the fa<:ts misconduct.

7. Lcarncd Standing Counsel for TSI Sandeep Reddy vehemently denied the submis s lcarncd Scnior Clounsel. He submitted that the it is u.ell reasoned and there is not illegality or infir r order. Learned Standing Counsel, based on emphasised that the admission made by Petition: t be thc sole rI the prcsen t provecl, afLer 1tary evidence her employee r not ma5. be ; exercise, the Lc orde r datcd of 83 passed Wakuana Vs. ly, admission ias sufficient constitu[ing iC Sri Sama ons made by pugned order i t5r in the said the counter, -s is the basis for passing the impugned order dated 24 .Og .2025. Once the admission of guilt is made by petitioners, there is no requiremcnt or purposc of conducting enquirv.

8. Heard learned Government pleader for Medical, Health and Family Welfare.

9. Learned counsel on either side made their respective submissions extensively. However, keeping in vievr lhe lact that Petitioners hospitals are multi-speciality facility trcaling several in-patients and out-patients on a daily basis; the1.' consist of number of patients, including ICU admission and several patients requiring urgent attention and smooth functioning of Hospitals is essential for treating the general public lacing medical issues, this Court is ol the considered vier,r' lhat, as the Petitioners have already undergonc the punishment of suspension for a period of five months out of total six monLhs, continuation of the same r,r,ould not be in the interest of .Justice. I O. Therefore, ail the Writ petitions are disposed of clirccting Respondents to release Permanent Registration Certificates of Petitioncrs and Renevr.ai of Registration to permit the name of Petitioners in the Medrcal Register of Telangana ii Medical Council, so as to ena-ble them conl nr-re medical practice. Consequentlv, the proceedings dated 3l 09 2025 and other zrll consequential proceeclings arising from tL: proceedings datecl 24.09.2025 shall stand closed No costs Consequently, the miscellaneous ri rplications' if any shall sland closcd To, BSR PTUK //TRUE COPY// : d/.P.PONNA KRISHNA {,r srsrANr Rggi9fBAR \ '-aecnott oFFtcER

1. The Principal Secretary, Department of Medicglt|tr ' i""rlirari ivderabad State of Telangana - 500022

2. The District Registering Authority' Directorate of l

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3. The Telangana State tvledical Council' P B. 5?3' ! " Om"", Opiosite Womens College' Hyderabad' Telar

4. The District Medical and Health Officer' Medchal- lVa

5. One CC to SRI M SHARATH CHANDRA REDDY' I'r

6. One CC to SRI ALLURI DIVAKAR REDDY' Advocatr

7. one cc to lrils. A.T.S S.P.VAISHNAVI' Advocate [c't

8. One CC to M/s PILLIX LAW FIRIU' Advocate [OPU(

9. One CC to SRI SAMA SANDEEP REDDY' SC FOFI

10. Two CCs to GP FOR l\ilEDlCAL HEAI-TH FW' l-i Telangana at HYderabad [OUT]

11. Two CD CoPies ls Ith and Family Welfare, rblic Health and FamilY rgana - 500001 ultan Bazaar, near Pos Sana 500095 kajgiri District vocate [OPUC] rOPUC] UC] l rsMC IOPUC] th Court for the State of

HIGH COURT DATED: 241021202G

COMMON ORDER

( oi1 l rL ..1 o l:,9+ t't '- * * \) , ,rCH@ WP.Nos.30300, 30140, 30293 & 30360 o,2OZS DISPOSING OF ALL THE WRIT PETITIC NS, WITHOUT COSTS la O -2.

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