A.V. SESHA SAI, J.

1. Since the petitioners in these cases share common grievance, these writ petitions are heard together and are being disposed of by this common order.

2. According to the petitioner in PIL Nos.6 and 7 of 2016, he is a retired professor, interested in the up keep of academic environment in the universities and to preserve the primary role of the academia in the functioning of the university. Petitioner in W.P.Nos.673 of 2016 and 1702 of 2016 is Telangana State Federation of university Teachers Association.

3. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, third respondent herein, came into being by virtue of B.R. Ambedkar Open University Act, 1982 and Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technology, Basar came to be established under "Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies Act, 2008". The said institutions are imparting higher education in various disciplines and conferring Under and Post-Graduate Degrees and Diplomas.

4. The first respondent State Government issued G.O.Ms.No.29 Higher Education (UE) Department dated 11.09.2015 (P.191-193), under Section 101 of the A.P. Reorganization Act, 2014, amending Sections 9 and 10 of the Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Open University Act,