1. All these writ petitions came to be posted on being specially ordered by the Hon'ble Chief Justice vide order dated 06.06.2012.

2. The petitioners in all these writ petitions are parents of the children for whom they were seeking for admissions into some unaided private schools shown as the contesting respondents in the respective writ petitions. Inspiration for filing the writ petition was drawn from the provisions of The Right of Children for Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (for short Free Education Act).

3. On notice from this court, the contesting respondents have also filed counter affidavits. Before going into the merits of the contentions, it is necessary to set out the facts pleaded by the respective parties.

I.W.P.No.10217 of 2012 :

4. The petitioner in this writ petition seeks for a direction to the official respondents to identify the neighborhood schools where children can be admitted and make such information public and consequently to direct the 6th respondent (D.A.V. School, Sri Nandeeswarar Campus, Adambakkam) to admit his daughter Mathivathani (aged 3 years) in the L.K.G. section without any screening test and by providing free education up