JUDGMENT

Uday Umesh Lalit, J.

Special leave to appeal granted in all matters.

These appeals are directed against the common judgment and order dated 26.09.2016 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Madras in Writ Appeal No.1637 of 2014 and other connected matters. Matter arising from Writ Appeal No.1637 of 2014 which in turn arose from Writ Petition No.20720 of 2014, namely M. Aamira Fathima and others v. Annamalai University and others is taken to be the lead matter and the facts leading to the filing of the said writ appeal are set out in detail hereunder.

2. Annamalai University (hereinafter referred to as “the University”) was constituted under the Annamalai University Act, 1928 (Madras Act No.1 of 1929)1. This Act received the assents of Governor and Governor General on 03.11.1928 and 11.12.1928 respectively and was first published in the Fort of St. George Gazette dated 01.01.1929. The University established Respondent No.2 College, namely, Rajah Muthiah Medical College in the year 1985. 1Words “Tamil Nadu” were substituted for the word “Madras” by Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Law and Order, 1969

3. In 1992 the State legislature enacted the Tamil Nadu Educational Institutions