JUDGMENT

A. K. Patnaik, J. —

Leave granted.

2. These are appeals by special leave against the impugned orders of the Division Bench of the Gujarat High Court.

3. The facts very briefly are that the respondents are different unaided private professional and educational colleges and institutions in the State of Gujarat. The fees for admission to the private unaided professional and educational colleges and institutions in the State of Gujarat are regulated by the Gujarat Professional Technical Educational Colleges or Institutions (Regulation of Admission Fixation of Fees) Act, 2007 (for short ‘the Act’), which came into effect on 30.04.2008. Section 9 of the Act provides that the State Government shall, for the purpose of determining the fees for admission of students in the professional educational colleges or institutions, constitute a Fee Regulatory Committee with a retired judge of the High Court nominated by the State Government as its Chairperson. Section 10(1) of the Act provides that the Fee Regulatory Committee shall determine the fee structure for admission of students in the professional course and different fee structure may be determined for admission of students in diff