P. Naveen Rao, J.

1. Heard Smt. A. Gayatri Devi, learned counsel for petitioner in W.P. No. 29515 of 2016, Sri D. Kasim Saheb, learned counsel for petitioner in WPNo.31699 of 2016, learned counsel Sri Sitaram Chaparla, holding for Sri K. Gani Reddy, counsel for petitioners on record in rest of cases, learned Government Pleader for Higher Education for respondent No. 1, and Sri C. Sudesh Anand, learned standing counsel for Admission &Fee Regulatory Committee for respondent No. 2 in all the cases.

2. Petitioners in this batch of writ petitions are running educational institutions imparting Bachelor of Education Course of Study. In these writ petitions, petitioners prayed for declaration of the action of the Telangana State Admission & Fee Regulatory Committee (AFRC) in not fixing the fee for the block period 2016-17 to 2018-19 for B.Ed., Course as arbitrary and discriminatory.

3. Sri Seetaram Chaparla contended that the object of Act, 1983 is to prohibit profiteering by the private unaided educational institutions. The Act does not prohibit charging of fee, but only seeks to regulate the fee chargeable by the private unaided educational institutions. The AFRC is a permanent body.