A. Kjayasankaran Nambiar, J.

1. These writ petitions impugn the orders passed by the State Government fixing the fees that can be collected by self financing colleges offering degree and diploma courses in the field of paramedical sciences. As the issues that arise for consideration are the same in both the writ petitions, they are taken up together for disposal by this common judgment.

2. The brief facts that are necessary for the disposal of the writ petitions may be noticed;

The petitioners in W.P.(C).No.19203/2013 comprise of an Association of Managing bodies of Self Financing para-medical institutions and two para-medical institutions and the petitioners in W.P.(C).No.20438/2013 comprise of the Managing bodies of nine para-medical institutions as well as individual members of such managing bodies. In both the writ petitions, the grievance voiced by the petitioners is against the alleged arbitrary fixation, by the State Government, of the fees that can be collected by the petitioners from students who are admitted to their institutes for the pursuit of para-medical courses offered by them. The petitioners contend that some of the member institutions of the Associat