ORDER

Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, J. (Oral)--These are two writ petitions involving a common issue, therefore, they are being decided by this common order.

2. The petitioners in the instant cases are praying for consideration of marks obtained by them to be equivalent to 40%, while applying the principle of rounding off. The petitioners, in both the cases have obtained more than 39% marks as against the requirement of 40% marks as passing percentage to qualify All India Council for Technical Education examination (hereinafter as `AICTE' examination) being conducted for validation of petitioners' degrees.

3. As per the facts of the present cases, the petitioners had successfully completed their under-graduate course from distance learning from their respective Universities which were amongst the listed deemed to be Universities and were duly granted ex post facto approval by the Universities Grants Commission (hereinafter as `UGC'). The petitioners were enrolled during Academic Year 2001-2005 and after completion of their respective courses, they were employed at different Government departments and other institutions. Admittedly, all the petitioners were granted benefits by their e