U.V. Bakre, J.

1. Heard Mr. Lawande, learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and Mr. Nadkarni, learned Advocate General, on behalf of the respondents in both the petitions.

2. By these Writ Petitions filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners have sought following reliefs:

(a) Grant a writ of Mandamus or a writ in the nature of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction commanding the respondent no. 2 to follow the law enunciated by the Supreme Court and complete the admission process based on the examination GCET – 2012 by preparing a single merit list of all the candidates including, if any, OBC candidate in merit list and grant admissions on the basis of the merit without adjusting them in reserved category candidate who qualify in the general category on their merits and grant the admissions to the OBC candidates (to the petitioners in Writ Petition No. 27/2013) who are the less meritorious candidates of the OBC reserved category.

(b) Writ of certiorari or any writ, order or direction to quash and set aside the general list of admitted candidates and to include the meritorious OBC candidate in the gen