In these writ petitions the petitioners are mainly seeking for issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondent University to grant affiliation as sought by the respective petitioners. In W.P.(C) No.23505/2010, the affiliation is sought for the intake of 75 students for the B.Sc. Nursing Programme for the academic year 2010-2011. In W.P.(C) Nos. 27196/2010 and 27535/2010 affiliation is sought for the post basic B.Sc. Nursing Programme for the academic year 2010-2011.

2. The common respondent in these writ petitions is the Kerala University for Health and Allied Sciences, which was established as per the Kerala University of Health and Allied Sciences Ordinance, 2009 (25/2009). This was established for the purpose of ensuring proper and systematic instruction, teaching, training and research exclusively in Modern Medicine, Homoeopathy and Indian systems of Medicines including Ayurveda, Sidha, Yoga, Unani and allied sciences in the State of Kerala and to have uniformity in the various academic programmes in Medical and allied subjects in the State. The necessary facts for the disposal of the writ petitions are the following:

3. In W.P.(C) No.23505/2010, the petitione