BHARATI H. DANGRE, J.

1. The Three Writ Petitions revolve around a pivotal issue of autonomy granted to the College of Engineering, Pune and the scope of interference in the affairs of the said College at the instance of the State Government.

Writ Petition No.3919 of 2015 is instituted by the College of Engineering, Pune itself, praying for quashing and setting aside the decision of the State of Maharashtra, thereby disapproving the appointments effected by it on several grounds and declaring 54 candidates to be not qualified to hold the post of lecturer in the Institute and resultantly directing their termination.

Writ Petition Stamp No.34785 of 2018 is filed by the persons who are aggrieved by their discontinuation on the respective post of teaching faculty and their grievance is about the manner in which their services have been discontinued without any act attributed to them individually. Another Writ Petition 3592 of 2015 is filed by the Abhiyantriki Mahavidyalay Rajpatrit Adhyapak/Adhikari Sangh which is a Government recognized Association and it seeks relief of issuance of writ in the nature of mandamus, directing the College of Engineering, Pune to forthwith take ste