( 1 ) THE petitioners herein are three different associations consisting of the employees of the respondent-1, university of agricultural sciences, g. k. v. k. campus, hebbal, Bangalore. They have filed this writ petition challenging an executive order issued by the vice-chancellor of university of agricultural sciences, Bangalore, communicated by the registrar at annexure-t, whereby the vice-chancellor ordered that the regulations regarding giving "weightage of 10 marks for children of uas employees for admission to under-graduate programmes in this university is kept in abeyance. " Attacking this order at annexure-t, the reliefs sought for by the petitioners read as follows: (a) issue a writ or certiorari and to quash the notification No. R/d/3, dated 3-7-1990 - annexure-t issued by the respondent; (b) issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to provide the benefit of weightage granted by the academic council under the regulation which was published in the gazette dated 14-12-1989, Annexure-A to the children of the employees of the university; (c) issue any other appropriate writ or direction or order as the case may be in the circumstances of the