( 1 ) IN Writ Petition No. 11018 of 1983 there are two petitioners and in each of the other writ petitions there is one petitioner only. These 18 petitioners in total have filed these applications seeking a Writ of Mandamus or any other order declaring that the respondents viz. , the Government of Andhra Pradesh, Osmania University and Venkateswara University represented by their Registrar, and some other viz. , Professors, who constitute the committee for selection of the candidates for admission into the private engineering colleges, are bound to follow the six point formula as provided in the Presidential Order of 1974 and that all the admissions made by them into these private engineering colleges is in violation of that Presidential Order and also to issue a direction directing the respondents to admit the petitioners to any of those affiliated Colleges. The necessary facts are as follows.

( 2 ) THE petitioners appeared for the Intermediate examinations in their respective colleges situated in the State of Andhra Pradesh. After having thus qualified they also appeared and passed in merit in the common entrance test jointly conducted on behalf of the Andhra University, Osmania

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