(Writ Appeals are filed under Clause 15 of the Letter patent against the order passed in W.P.No.4237 of 1996 dated 22.03.1999 made by His Lordship the Hon'ble Mr. Justice P. Shanmugham.

Writ Petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of certiorarified mandamus as stated therein.)

P. Sathasivam, J.

Since the issue in the writ appeals as well as the writ petitions is one and the same, they are being disposed of by the following common judgment.

2. The writ appeals are filed against the common order dated 22.03.1999 made in a batch of writ petitions, viz., W.P.Nos.6781 of 1993, etc., wherein the learned single Judge, after finding that the writ petitioners/Educational Institutions after the commencement of the academic year 1991-92 are not entitled to the grant of any Aid or the up-gradation of posts and salary for the teachers appointed, upheld the Government Order and dismissed all the writ petitions.

3. In all the writ petitions, the petitioners/Educational Institutions, Educational Agencies, Parent-Teachers Association, challenge Section 14-A the Tamil Nadu Recognised Private Schools (Regulation) Act, 1973 (in short "the Ac