F. I. REBELLO, J.

( 1 ) RULE in both the petitions. Respondents waive service. By consent heard forthwith.

( 2 ) WE may briefly set out the facts of Writ Petition No. 4769 of 2005. The petitioner is a Public Trust registered under the provisions of the Bombay Public Trust Act and the Societies Registration Act. The petitioners are running a Secondary School having a strength of about 150 students. The petitioners desired to start an institute for B. Ed, course at kondhapuri. To meet the requirement of infrastructure and other things, the petitioners have invested about Rs. 1,17,09,553/- which amount has been expended towards land, land development, building, and other expenses as set out in para 2 of the petition. The petitioners made an application to SNDT Womens university, Mumbai on 30th October, 2004 and paid the requisite affiliation fees. A copy of the application was also forwarded to the principal Secretary, Higher and Technical education, Mantralaya, Mumbai. The petitioners also applied to National Council for teachers Education (NCTE), Western Region office, Bhopal in prescribed format for permission to start B. Ed. College for Women with necessary application fee