JUDGMENT

P. Sathasivam, J.

1) Leave granted in all the special leave petitions.

SLP (C) Nos. 18139-18163 of 2008

2) These appeals have been filed against the final judgment and order dated 02.07.2008 passed by the High Court of Karnataka at Bangalore in Writ Petition No. 14363 of 1994 connected with Writ Petition Nos. 14377, 15491, 19453, 22563, 25647, 18571, 19331, 17337, 18787, 19469, 20165, 17338, 22752, 19434, 17677, 19346 of 1994, Writ Appeal No. 2415 of 1995, Writ Petition Nos. 11785, 29540 of 1995, Writ Petition Nos. 34396, 34684, 34185 of 1996, Writ Petition No. 30645 of 1999 and Writ Petition No. 900 of 2000 whereby the High Court partly allowed the writ petitions filed by the respondents herein.

3) Brief facts:

(a) The Associated Management of Govt. Recognized Primary and Secondary Schools Association is a society registered under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act , 1960 (in short ‘the Society’)-Respondent herein, consisting of recognized, unaided, English medium, primary and secondary schools in the State of Karnataka. On 19.06.1989, the Government of Karnataka, in pursuance of Constitutional mandate under Article 350A of the Constitution of India, spelt out its langua