K. Vinod Chandran, J.

At stake is the future of 14 students who completed Standard VII and continued Standard IX in an unrecognized, unaffiliated School; the petitioner in the Writ Petition. The Writ Petition was filed on 21.11.2018, seeking a mandamus directing the Central Board of Secondary Education (for brevity “CBSE”) to consider provisional affiliation of the petitioner in accordance with Ext.P9 judgment and also in the meanwhile permit the 14 students to continue their studies in Standard IX, in which they were studying in the petitioner-school, by transfer to any nearby affiliated School and allow them to register their names for Standard X during the academic year 2019-20.

2. The Writ Petition was first amended on 29.11.2018 seeking relief against the State and its Educational Authorities, who were also sought to be impleaded as additional respondents 3 to 5. Obviously, this move was on the realization that the petitioner lacked recognition from the State, which was a compulsory mandate to apply for affiliation with the CBSE. Again, the additional 6th respondent was impleaded by order dated 30.11.2018; who is the Principal of a School affiliated to the CBSE who exp