JUDGMENT :

Abdul Rehim, J:

The above writ appeals are instituted against a common judgment of the Single Judge in W (C) No.23782/2019 and 23783/2019, dated 26th September, 2019. The University of Kerala and its officers, who are the respondents 3 to 5 in the writ petitions, are the appellants herein. The 1st respondent institution is the writ petitioner. The respondents 2 to 4 in both the appeals are the respondents 1, 2 & 6 in the writ petitions.

2. In W.P (C) No.23782/2019, the 1st respondent/writ petitioner sought for a mandamus against the university to issue affiliation for the additional intake of 60 students for the course, “Bachelor Hotel Management and Catering Technology (BHMCT)”. Similarly in W.P (C) No.23783/2019 the relief was to direct the university to grant affiliation for starting the course of “Bachelor of Vocation in Food Processing Course (B. Voc (Food Processing)”. In the said writ petition, relief was also sought to quash Ext.P4 communication issued by the Registrar of the university rejecting the affiliation for the B.Voc (Food Processing) course for the academic year 2018-2019

3. Brief history of the case is that, the All India Council for Technical Education (A