M. Satyanarayana Murthy, J.

1. All these writ petitions are filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, by various minority educational institutions, challenging G.O.Ms. No. 43 School Education (PS) Department dated 09.08.2018 issued by the first respondent, bringing amendment to Rule 12 of G.O.Ms. No. 1 Education (PS.2) Department dated 01.01.1994 in the matter of making appointments to the staff in private aided and unaided educational institutions as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and violative of Article 14 and 30(1) of the Constitution of India, as it takes away the rights of managements in making appointments to teaching and non-teaching staff in the institutions and confers the same on authorities, and consequently set-aside the same conferring the right to administer the institutions by the managements and in the appointments of the institutions.

2. Since, the question involved in all these writ petitions is identical, except in W.P. Nos. 45521, 43104 & 30456 of 2018 filed by Sri N. Subba Rao, counsel for the petitioners, where the petitioners raise