( 1 ) THIS appeal has been filed by original respondent No. 1 in Special Civil Application No. 10693 of 2006 challenging the judgment and order dated 19th June, 2006 of the learned Single Judge. The original petitioner is respondent No. 1 herein and, for the sake of convenience, the parties shall be referred to as per their respective description in the petition.

( 2 ) THE petitioner is an Association of Managements of Gujarat Unaided Engineering Colleges and Institutions. Respondent No. 1 is Justice R. J. Shah Admission Committee for Professional Courses (Higher and Technical Education) while respondent No. 2 is the State of Gujarat. The petitioner-Association states that out of about 22 unaided colleges in the State, 19 colleges have formed the petitioner-Association. The controversy in question is in relation to the procedure to be adopted for admission by the petitioner-Association for Academic Year 2006-2007 and hence, when the matter came up for admission hearing on 28th June, 2006, after hearing the parties in the appeal, this Court listed the appeal for final hearing while directing the parties to maintain status-quo till then. The appeal has, accordingly, b