1. The petitioners in this batch of writ petitions were students of the 4th respondent medical colleges at Puducherry. In the first batch of writ petitions, i.e. W.P.Nos.12986 to 12988 of 2012, the petitioners were seeking to challenge the order passed by the second respondent Controller of Examinations, Pondicherry University, dated 09.04.2012 and after setting aside the same, seek for a direction to the respondents 1 to 3 to allow the petitioners to write certain examinations conducted by the University by issuing applications, receiving the filled up applications and granting hall tickets and to allow them to complete the MBBS course. When these writ petitions came up for admission on 4.5.2012, the Standing Counsel for the University Mrs.A.V.Bharathi took notice.

2. The second set of writ petitions, i.e., W.P.Nos.13768 to 13770 of 2012, were filed by the same petitioners challenging the ratification order passed by the Academic Council of the Pondicherry Univesrity, dated Nil and after setting aside the same, seek for a direction to write the theory examinations and also to attend the practical examinations so as to complete the MBBS course. When these writ petitions