SRINIVASAN, J.

This batch of "seasonal writ petitions" if we may say so, challenges the selection of students for the professional courses in the year 1994-95. Thanks to the spasmodic brain waves of the persons in charge of education in the State, higher education has become a fertile breeding ground for litigation. Aspirants for higher studies with dreams of a bright prosperous future are made to undertake a pilgrimage to the temple of justice with prayers to fulfil their desires. It was only four years ago, the State Government attempted to introduce a system of awarding five bonus marks to applicants for professional courses if they happened to be the first in their families to apply for such admission and there was no single graduate among the members of their families on the day of the application. This Court had no (to) strike down the G.O. as unconstitutional. This year, the Government decided to shower their blessings on sportsmen at all levels by generously awarding grace marks to be added to the marks obtained in the qualifying examinations and issued G.O.Ms. 118 dated 21-2-1994. That is the prime cause of action for these writ petitions. Fifteen of them relate