The High Court of Karnataka has set a deadline of eight weeks for the State Government and other statutory authorities to take a decision on the applications submitted by 25 nursing institutes in 2019, seeking permission to start new course of Diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM).
Justice P. Krishna Bhat issued the direction while disposing of petitions filed by JPI Dass School of Nursing and 24 other institutes. The petitioners have sought a direction to the authorities to consider their applications that are pending before the high-powered committee.
The court noted that all the institutes had sought permission to start GNM course from the academic year 2019-20.