JUDGMENT :

1.

I- Introduction

All these petitions are filed by the Self Financed schools challenging the orders passed by the Fee Regulatory Committee (Self- Finance Schools) and/or Fee Revision Committee under the provisions of the Gujarat Self Financed Schools (Regulation of Fees) Act, 2017 (For short "the Act, 2017") and the Gujarat Self Financed Schools (Regulation of Fees) Rules, 2017(for short "Rules, 2017").

2. With the consent of the learned advocates, these petitions are heard finally and are being disposed of by this common judgment and order as the issues arising in these petitions are more or less similar.

3. The constitutional validity of the Act, 2017 was challenged before this Court by filing Writ Petition (PIL) No. 132 of 2017 and other similar petitions. The Division Bench of this Court (Coram : Hon'ble the Chief Justice Mr. R. Subhash Reddy and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vipul M. Pancholi) by judgment and order dated 27th December, 2017 upheld the constitutional validity of the Act, 2017 by arriving at the following conclusion on various issues raised by the petitioner th