SHAH, J.:- These three writ petitions under Art.226 of the Constitution can be conveniently disposed of by common judgment since the points involved are the same. In all these petitions, the petitioners have prayed for a declaration that the result of the revaluation of their papers in the examination held in summer 1982 is null and void and also for quashing certain resolutions of the Academic Council and the Executive Council as being illegal and ultra vires of S.64, Nagpur University Act, 1974.

2. The facts are few and not in dispute. The three petitioners appeared for the examinations held in or about April 1982. The petitioner in Writ Petition No. 498 of 1983, Miss Rohini Tare appeared for M.A. Part-I examination in Sanskrit. She was placed First Class First as she secured the highest number of marks in aggregate. In one of the papers namely, paper I on Vedic Linguistics Etymology, she was declared to have secured only 36 marks. As she was not satisfied with the assessment of her performance in the said subject, she applied to the University for revaluation of the said paper in accordance with the rules prescribed by the University. In due course she was informed that