( 1 ) THESE two petitions are based on identical facts and involve common questions of law. I, therefore, propose to decide both these petitions by this common judgment and order.

( 2 ) THE petitioners herein were studying in Xth Std. at St. Xaviers High School, Gandhinagar. They have come with the case that they are students with good academic record throughout and in one of the petitions, the petitioner Sunny Chaudhary has also annexed copies of marksheets of the Examinations of VIIth, VIIIth and IXth Stds. to evidence the fact that he has been a First Class student. He has also annexed the copy of the marksheet at page no. 20 of this petition to show that he has been given Grade-I in the Xth Std. itself for the First and Second Terms. Regarding the other petitioner namely, Master Sushant Chopra, it has been stated in paragraph 4 of the petition that he has been studying in the St. Xaviers High School, Gandhinagar since IIIrd Std. and he has throughout passed with distinction marks and never failed in a single subject. Both these students claiming good academic record as First Class students, appeared in the Xth Std. Examination conducted by the Gujarat Secondary E