Change India, a trust, Centre for Advocacy and Research in promoting the cause of democratisation of Society, Equity, Rule of Law, Human rights, Accountable Governance, Sustainable Development and Alternative Developmental models, and one Dr.M.Anandakrishnan, claiming to be a social worker interested in producing top quality of imparting teaching and learning, have filed these Writ Petitions in public interest, seeking to quash the advertisement dated 31.5.2015 issued by the fourth respondent Registrar, Madurai Kamaraj University in Ref. No. MKU/R17/VC/2015 and to direct the second respondent Principal Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, Higher Education Department, to comply with the provisions of UGC Act, 1956 and its Regulations 2010, read in the light of their G.O. (Ms) No. 350 dated 09.09.2009 and G.O. Ms. No. 78 dated 23.4.2015 for appointing Vice Chancellor.

2. The allegation within the limited domain of the instant Public Interest Litigations is that the provisions of the University Grants Commission [for short, “UGC”] and its Regulations are said to be binding on all universities whether conventional or open or private university. The concern of the petitioners be