JUDGMENT

J.M. Panchal, J. —

1. Leave granted in all the special leave petitions.

2. The instant appeals are directed against judgment dated July 20, 2007 rendered by the Division Bench of High Court of Judicature of Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad in Writ Appeal No. 402 of 2007 and other cognate appeals by which the common judgment dated May 1, 2007, rendered by the learned single Judge of the High Court upholding action of the Vice-Chancellor of Dr. N.T.R. University of Health Sciences, Vijaywada (for short “the University”) of re-verification/re-valuation/re-examination of answer scripts of 436 students, who had failed in first year MBBS examination during academic year 2006-07, is set aside and the decision of the Executive Council to cancel the result of re-verification of answer scripts and asking 294 students, who were declared passed on re-verification of answer scripts to re-appear in examination of first year MBBS, is upheld.

3. The appellants, who are students, joined first year MBBS course for the academic year 2006-07 in different private medical colleges which are affiliated to the University, Vijaywada. They appeared in the first year M.B.B.S. examination held from Septem