ORDER

1. Special leave granted in all the petitions.

2. These appeals are directed against the judgment and order of the High Court of Allahabad issuing interim orders directing the provisional admission of the respondent-students to the B.Tech. course of the G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pant Nagar, against the reserved quota of 5 percent towards sons, daughters and spouses of the employees of the University.

3. The State Government of U.P. issued a notification in December 1988 directing that admission on students to the various Engineering Institutions in the State shall be made in the order of merit and through a combined Entrance Examination to be conducted by an Admission Committee. The College of Technology, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pant Nagar, was one of the institution covered by the said notification. According to the Scheme as contained in the notification, the Admission Committee was required to be hold a combined Entrance Examination for all the technical institutions in the State and candidates to be selected on merit and allotted to the institutions based on their choice and merit as determined on the basis of the ma