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 22-3-1999 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 Act"), as inserted by Section 6 read with Section 1(2)(b) of the Tamil Nadu Recognised Private Schools (Regulation) Amendment Act, 1998 as it is unconstitutional and violative of Articles 14, 21, 21-A, 30(2), 39, 41, 45 and 46 of the Constitution of India.

4. Brief facts :-

(a) Prior to the introduction of the Tamil Nadu Recognise