Ashok Bhushan, J.

1. These writ petitions were being heard by the learned Single Judge, who, by a common order dated 30.7.2015 directed the writ petitions to be placed before the Honourable Chief Justice, so as to obtain orders as to whether the above cases could be posted before a Division Bench. Thus, these writ petitions came to be placed before this Bench for hearing.

2. All the writ petitions consist of similar issues of facts and law and hence, all have been heard together. W.P.(C) No. 17271 of 2015 is being treated as the leading writ petition and the references and pleadings in the aforesaid writ petition shall be sufficient to decide all the writ petitions.

Facts:-

W.P.(C) No. 17271 of 2015

The petitioners, who are three in number passed their Higher Secondary Examination in March 2014. They applied for B.Sc. Nursing in Rev. Noorunnissa College of Nursing, Andersonpet, Karnataka State. The College conducted a selection test, on the basis of which, all the petitioners were given admission in the first year B.Sc. Nursing 2014-15 batch. The petitioners submitted an application for grant of educational loan to the 2nd respondent, State Bank of Travancore (for short 'SBT')