B. Siva Sankara Rao, J.

Among the petitioners 1 to 3, the petitioner No.3 Dr. Rev. K.V.K. Rao, arrayed individually is no other than the Chairman and Correspondent of two other petitioners viz; Joseph Sriharsha & Mary Indraja Educational Society, Hyderabad and St. Mary's Group of Institution, Guntur. The Respondents 1 to 7 are viz; Union of India, through Ministry of HRD-R.1, The Pharmacy Council of India-R.2 (for short, 'the PCI'), All India Council for Technical Education-R.3 (for short, 'the AICTE'), Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada,R.4 (for short, 'JNTU'), Conveners CETs-AC SW III 2017-R.5 (for short 'CET-17), the A.P. State Council for Higher Education, Vijayavvada-R.6 (for short, 'APSCHE') and the State of Andhra Pradesh rep. by its Principal Secretary-R.7.

2. The prayer in the Writ Petition reads as follows:-

"To issue writ/order and direction more particularly in nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 4th respondent in granting affiliation to the 2nd petitioner for a limited intake of 100 seats in B. Pharmacy course, vide the impugned proceeding No. JNTUK/DAP/B 1/B.Tech/B. Pharmacy/2017-18, dated 09.06.2017 in respect of the 2nd petiti