( 1 ) THE petitioners 1 and 2 are gentlemen and the petitioner No. 3 is a lady and they have filed this common and joint writ petition seeking a declaration that the whole process of selection adopted by the respondent-University for selection of the candidates for admission to M. V. Sc. , course for the academic year 1994-95 is illegal, arbitrary and without jurisdiction. Further, the petitioners have sought for a direction to the respondent-University to re-enact the whole admission process by increasing the total number of seats in the Faculty of Veterinary. Science to 80 and to make admission strictly in conformity with the provisions of Andhra Pradesh Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admissions) Order, 1974 as amendment by G. O. P. No. 646 dated 10/07/1979, which is hereinafter shortly referred to as the Presidential Order .

( 2 ) ALL the petitioners are graduates in Veterinary Science possessing B. V. Sc. , degree. All the petitioners with intention to seek admission to Post-Graduate Course in the Faculty of Veterinary Science of the respondent-University appeared for the entrance examination conducted for the academic year 1994-95. In. the entrance exa