1. In all these writ petitions the respondent – schools are situated in different parts of Karnataka and they are affiliated to Indian Council for Secondary Education (ICSE) or Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) syllabus. The Petitioners in W.P. No. 34192/2009 and W.P. No. 15296/2009 are the parents and parent’s associations of the students studying in the respondent schools. The parents and parent’s associations are before this Court questioning the hike in school fee made by respondent schools under the impugned circulars, letters of intimation etc., as arbitrary, unilateral, unjust and illegal.

2. The petitioner in W.P. No. 24654/2008 is an employee of respondent No. 3 school controlled and managed by respondent No. 2. The petitioner in his petition contends that office of Principal of the respondent school became vacant on account of retirement of the then principal on 31.05.2005. In anticipation of the vacancy of Principal post respondent No. 2 invited applications from eligible candidates to fill the vacancy vide their notification dated 09.02.2005 as per Annexure E. The petitioner submitted her application as per Annexure F for the post of Principal. Ove