This batch of Writ Petitions is filed by some of the Educational Institutions imparting B.Ed. education and the B.Ed. students, assailing the decision of respondent No.2-The Acharya Nagarjuna University (for short “the University”), to levy and collect “admission/registration/recognition /University Services Fee” from each student on annual basis to be collected by the Institutions and remitted to the latter.

W.P.Nos.13609, 13679, 16594, 16598, 17072, 20197, 20198 and 21430 of 2012 have been filed by the B.Ed. students of various Institutions and the other Writ Petitions have been filed by the Educational Institutions running the B.Ed. course.

In their pleadings, the petitioners have averred that respondent No.2-University has no power or authority to unilaterally fix the impugned fee for being collected from the students. They have averred that the provisions of the A.P. Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admissions and Prohibition of Capitation Fee) Act, 1983 (for short the “1983 Act”) authorized the State Government to regulate tuition fee or any other fee that may be levied and collected by any Educational Institution in respect of each class of students; that th