SHIVARAJ V. PATIL, J.

In all these writ petitions except in W. P. Nos. 7594/97 and 8010/97, the petitioners have challenged the G. O. Ms. No. 245 Higher Education (E1) Department dated 7-5-1997, and have sought for quashing the same. W. P. No. 7594/97 is filed by the Association of Managements of Private Colleges praying to issue a writ of certiorari to quash the proceedings No. Na. Ka. 76222/R4/96 dated 9-4-1997 issued by the Director of Collegiate Education-respondent No. 2 in the said writ petition. W. P. No. 8010/97 is filed by Madurai Kamaraj and Manonmaniyam Sundaranar University Teachers' Association seeking a writ of Mandamus directing the State Government to extend the said G. O. Ms. No. 245 dated 7-5-1997 to all the educational institutions in Tamil Nadu whether aided or unaided self-financing colleges, in conformity with Unnikrishnan's case, viz.,

"Unnikrishnan J. P. v. State of Andhra Pradesh. This writ petition was brought before us at the request of the learned counsel for the petitioner when arguments in the batch of writ petitions challenging the said G. O. were going on.

2. Since the facts are not in dispute and they are also not debated before us, except