ORDER :

1. Heard Sri T. Balaji, learned Counsel for the Writ Petitioners and Sri Butta Vijaya Bhaskar, learned Standing Counsel for the Respondent Nos.2 to 4.

2. Prayer made in the Writ Petition is as under:

“….. to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents 2 and 3 in insisting to pay the final year B.Tech Tuition Fee of 70,000 SEK equalent to Indian rupees by forcibly taking the undertaking from the petitioners on 4.6.2022 even though all the petitioners have completed the B.Tech Final year course with the 3rd respondent college without considering the representation of the petitioners dated 27.4.2022 as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents 2 and 3 to extend the benefit for payment of tuition fee for the final year B.Tech 2021-2022 batch on par with the previous batch students (2017-2021) who were given such benefit because of the Covid pandemic and pass such other orders…”

3. The Respondent No.3-Sri Venkateswara University College of Engineering is offering a twin degree programme of B.Tech (in SVU) and B.S in