Petitioners are the students in Sree Kerala Varma College, Thrissur. Sree Kerala Varma College is having hostel facilities for both boys and girls. The petitioners approached this Court, challenging certain instructions issued by the College authority in regard to the maintenance of discipline in hostel. The petitioners challenge certain specific instructions to be followed by the students contending that it is discriminatory and anti-women. The petitioners refer to the University Grants Commission (hereinafter referred to as “the U G C”) Regulations, 2015. The clause 3.2(13) under the U.G.C. (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment of Women Employees and Students in Higher Educational Institutions) Regulations, 2015 reads as follows:

“3.2.(13) Concern for the safety of women students must not be cited to impose discriminatory rules for women in the hostels as compared to male students. Campus safety policies should not result in securitization, such as over monitoring or policing or curtailing the freedom of movement, especially of women employees and students.”

2. In the light of the above regulation, the learned counsel for the petitioner submitted tha