SUNIL KUMAR SINHA, J. :- These writ appeals have been filed against a common judgment and order dated 23-8-2007, passed in batch of 117 writ petitions by the learned single Judge of this Court.

2. The brief facts are that the appellants/ petitioners and many other similarly situated persons were candidates who appeared in entrance examination for admission to the Bachelor of Education (for short B.Ed.) courses run by the Universities in the State of Chhattisgarh. The entrance examination, commonly called as pre-B.Ed. examination 2007, was conducted by Chhattisgarh Vyaysaik Pariksha Mandal, Raipur. The advertisement as also the prospectus/examination form for the said examination published/issued by the concerned authority would show that the minimum qualification for admission to the B.Ed. course was that the candidate must have passed a three years degree course from a recognized University. The source of this essential qualification was Rule 4 of the Rules framed by the State Government vide notification dated 20-4-2006 called as Chhattisgarh B.Ed. Pravesh Rules, 2006 (hereinafter referred to as the Rules 2006). As per the above qualification, i.e. graduation, the appella