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The petitioner, an Association established for the welfare of the Acupuncture and alternative medical practitioners, has filed this writ petition for a mandamus forbearing the respondents from interfering with the practice of Acupuncture by their members.
2.According to the petitioner Association, they are having 52 members / Therapists of Acupuncture and they are duly qualified from various Universities. Their members are receiving threat from the police and from the Doctors, who are practicing Siddha medicine and therefore, they have moved this writ petition. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis
3.By relying on the orders issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, dated 25.11.2003 and 21.02.2019, learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the practice of Acupuncture is being recognized by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The members of the petitioner Association, who are having a qualified degree, are entitled to practice Acupuncture, however, the police are obstructing their practice.
4.Learned Additional Advocate General appearing for the official respondents, by relying upon the counter affidavit filed by the Tamil Nadu Siddha Medical Council, submitted that those who studied the recognized Indian System of Medicines like Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy alone are eligible to practice Acupuncture as a mode of therapy and others are forbidden to practice, as they are not qualified Doctors. He also referred about various Government Orders dealing with quackery and medical malpractices.
13.Further, this Court in Association of Acupuncture and Natural Therapy and Others v. State of Tamil Nadu and Others [WP(MD)Nos. 22355 of 2017, etc., batch, decided on 08.08.2019], while disposing a batch of cases of similar nature regarding the practice of Acupuncture, has held that as per the Tamil Nadu Clinical Establishments (Regulation) Rules, 2018, registration under the appropriate authorities is required and that the petitioners without registering under the Rules cannot practice Acupuncture.