JUDGMENT :

C.Saravanan, J.

By this common order we are disposing the above writ petitions. The petitioners are the students of Sri Venkateswara Medical College, Hospital & Research (SVM) and Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS).

2. The petitioners were admitted to the MBBS courses offered by the Respondent Colleges during the academic year 2016-17. They are students other than those who were admitted under the State and NRI quota.

3. Out of 33 petitioners, 12 are from Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences and 21 from Sri Venkateswaraa Medical College Hospital and Research Centre.

4. The dispute in these writ petition arises on account of demand of fees over and above the fee fixed and recommended by the Fee Committee under Chairmanship of Mr.Justice S.Rajeswaran, (Retd.), High Court, Madras on 23.03.2017 for the academic years 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 as notified by the Government of Puducherry on 19.05.2017 vide its letter reference No. C.983/H5/Health/2015-16 and subsequent revision of the fees by the same committee fixing and recommending a tentative fee for t