( 1 ) SEMINAL questions of National importance arise for consideration in these ten writ petitions presented by the Linguistic Minorities in the State, questioning the constitutional validity of the order of the State Government which makes the study of Kannada, the official language of the State, in addition to mother-tongue by children belonging to linguistic minority groups, from the first year of the Primary Schools, compulsory, and prescribing Kannada as the sole First Language in the Secondary Schools. They are :whether the Order of the State Government which prescribes that Kannada which is the regional and the official language of the State- (i) a compulsory subject for study for children belonging to linguistic minority groups in Primary Schools, in addition to the mother-tongue of the children concerned from the first year of primary school, and (ii) the sole first language in the secondary schools, is violative of Arts. 14, 29, 30 and 350-A of the Constitution of India ?

( 2 ) THE facts of the case, in brief are :- The State Government made an order on 20th July 1982 prescribing that Kannada should be the sole first language of the Secondary School level f