Petitioner:	Respondent:
Specialty: Medical Education	Jurisdiction: Original
State: Delhi	District: North East 11

The present writ petition, has been instituted in public interest, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to ensure compliance by the authorities with the mandate of the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (hereafter the ‘ESI Act’) as also seeking the following prayers: “(a) Issue a writ of mandamus directing the Respondent No. 2 to comply with its statutory obligation contained in Section 59B of the ESI Act. (b) Issue an appropriate Writ order or direction for quashing the impugned Memorandum dated 05.01.2015 issued by the Respondent No. 2; (c) Issue an appropriate Writ of Mandamus to the ESIC to implement the recommendations contained in the Performance Audit Report of the CAG; (d) Issue an appropriate Writ order or direction to the Respondent No. 2 to investigate the issue of misappropriation of funds by ESIC (including as identified in the Performance Audit by the CAG), and initiate appropriate legal proceedings against the officials of ESIC who are responsible for such actions on accounts of the strictures passed by the Respondent No. 5 in its Report No. 30 of 2014; (e) Issue an appropriate Writ order of direction to Respondent No. 2 to take steps to ensure the operation of the Medical Colleges in accordance with the norms of the Medical Council of India; (f) Issue an appropriate writ to handover the administration of all ESIC Medical Colleges to Senior Medical Teachers by appointing Senior Medical Teachers as Medical Commissioner and Deputy Medical Commissioner at Central level or in the alternate establish a separate Medical Education Commissionerate for efficient administration of ESIC Medical Colleges and also a full time Dean should be appointed in all ESIC Medical Colleges at the local level;”