( 1 ) WHETHER the students of a tutorial college are entitled to concessional bus passes? This is the question of considerable importance, which is to be resolved in this writ petition. Be it noted, in the State of Andhra Pradesh all the students studying up to X Class are provided free bus passes to travel in buses of Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport corporation (APSRTC) and students studying in the Government colleges and recognised private Government Colleges are provided with the facility to obtain bus passes at concessional rates, which would enable them to travel in RTC buses at such concessional rates from their residences to concerned colleges.

( 2 ) THE petitioner is a tutorial college governed by A. P. Tutorial Institutions (Registration and Regulation) Rules, 1997 (for short, the Tutorial Institutions Rules. These Rules are promulgated by the governor of Andhra Pradesh vide G. O. Ms. No. 200, dated 6. 8. 1997 in exercise of powers conferred under Section 32 read with Section 99 of A. P. Education Act, 1982 (for short, the Act ). The petitioner college was established by Real Educational Society which is a society registered under a. P. (Telangana Area)