bengaluru in a relief for gurushree hitech multispeciality hospital bengaluru the high court quashed the health and family welfare commissioners order affirming cancellation of the hospitals registration citing lack of jurisdiction on part of the original authorityin his order justice m nagaprasanna held that the defect of jurisdiction of the original authority cannot be cured by the appellate authority though he had the jurisdiction to consider the appealbased on a letter written by then horticulture minister n munirathna who is mla of rajarajeshwari nagar constituency the deputy commissioner and district registration authority original authority conducted proceedings and cancelled the hospitals registration on august 20 2022the allegation was that the hospital at chandra layout wasnt treating covid patients properly and overcharging them in the letter the minister claimed to have received numerous complaints from voters of his constituency in the appeal proceedings the health and family welfare commissioner affirmed the said order but the hospital challenged the appellate authoritys order and moved the high courtafter going through the materials placed before the court justice nagaprasanna noted that the original order itself was without jurisdiction as with the operation of the amendment to karnataka private medical establishments act the bbmp commissioner is the original authority visavis registration matters