JUDGMENT :

C.S.Sudha, J.

What is the locus standi of a beneficiary to a privilege granted to a functionary of the State, to challenge the withdrawal of the privilege by the Government or the very same authority which granted it, when the functionary on whom the privilege was conferred, has no grievance ? Can the beneficiary be said to have a legitimate expectation on invoking the privilege granted and claim it as a matter of right ?

2. These writ appeals are against the common judgment dated 09/06/2022 in W.P.(C)Nos.15520/2022 and 15261/2022 respectively. The appellants in both the appeals are respondents 1 to 3 respectively in the writ petitions and the respondents herein, the petitioners in the writ petitions. Parties in these appeals and the documents will be referred to as described in the writ petitions.

3. W.P.(C)No.15520/2022 was filed by the father, on behalf of his minor child who sought admission in Class-II of the respondents' School for the academic year 2022-2023. It is alleged that on the basis of the assurance given by the respondents that the petitioner would be admitted in the School of the respondents, she had applied for Transfer Certificate from the School where she