The Honourable Chief Justice:

The petitioners are the students of the third respondent school. The third respondent school is a recognised private school and is under the control and supervision of the first and second respondents. The petitioners herein are the students who have successfully completed their X Standard Matriculation Education in the third respondent school in the last Academic Year. It is the case of the petitioners that the petitioners having successfully completed their X Standard Examination, submitted their applications to join in the XI Standard with the legitimate expectation and hope that they will be permitted to continue their higher secondary education in the third respondent school itself. The petitioners were patiently awaiting on the hope that the school will not weed out their own students for any reason. But to their shock and surprise, the third respondent school started admitting the students who have studied in other schools by receiving huge donations. It is the further case of the petitioners that when they got the knowledge of admission made by the third respondent, they rushed to the office of the third respondent and requested to a