Shaffioue, J.

1. The respondents in the writ petition are the appellants. The writ petition is filed by the first respondent herein seeking to quash Ext.P14 Government order dated 11/06/2013 issued by the Higher Secondary Education Department, by which the Government announced its decision to accord sanction for two batches of Higher Secondary Courses (for short 'H.S Course') in 148 Grama Panchayats where there is no Higher Secondary School (for short 'HSS') and 382 batches in eight northern Districts from Ernakulam to Kasargode. Pursuant to Ext.P14 the Higher Secondary Department issued Ext.P14(a) dated 17/06/2013 inviting applications for sanctioning such batches of H.S courses. The main contention of the petitioner was that the impugned orders restrict the right of other schools to apply for upgradation of the existing high school as HSS or opening of a new HSS. That apart the benefit of order is confined to the existing High Schools of Grama Panchayats and confined to the northern Districts alone which according to the petitioner is illegal, arbitrary and discriminatory.

2. Petitioner also seeks for a declaration that they are entitled to get the Plus Two courses dur