The petitioners are Colleges of Education, affiliated to Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar, Guntur District (for short the University). They feel aggrieved by the demand made by the University, for payment of development fee and infrastructure fee. The University issued individual notices to the petitioners, insisting on payment of the fee, under different heads, viz., affiliation fee of Rs.40,00/-, for an institution, with an intake of 100students, infrastructure fee of Rs.1,500/-, per each student, and development fee of Rs.2,500/-in respect of each student, admitted under the management quota. The petitioners contend that the payment of fee, referred to above, excluding the one, for affiliation fee, is contrary to law, and not supported by the relevant provisions.

2. On behalf of the University, a detailed counter-affidavit is filed. It is stated that the University has provided extensive infrastructure for regulating the courses and conducting examinations; and to meet the expenditure, the levy of fee has become necessary. According to them, the petitioners have collected the fee, referred to above, from the students, and they cannot raise any objection for remi