ORDER

1. Leave granted.

2. In the State of Tamil Nadu a number of educational institutions were set up for running courses for teachers training. The respondent institutions and certain other institutions sought recognition from the Director and the Joint Director of Education of the State of Tamil Nadu for running the teachers training courses. In some cases the recognition was not accorded as the institutions did not fulfil the conditions required for setting up the Teachers Training Institution while in other cases the application for recognition was pending consideration. Indisputably none of the respondent institutions had been accorded recognition but they admitted students to the course of study for conferring the Diploma in Teachers Training. Since, the Education Department of the State Government was not willing to allow the students of such institutions to appear at the public examination held by the government, the affected institutions filed writ petitions before the High Court claiming relief for issuance of mandamus directing the government to recognise the institutions and also for a direction permitting the students to appear at the public examination with a further d