ORDER :

The matter is taken up through web hearing.

The petitioner is an Association representing the interest of management of various private colleges affiliated to the respondent/University. The grievance as projected in the present writ petition is in regard to the issuance of a letter of the respondent University dated 01.07.2016 informing the association as to the fixation of renewal of affiliation fee for self finance courses conducted by the member colleges at Rs.10,000/- per year, per course. The colleges were advised to pay all the arrears of renewal of affiliation fee on or before 31.07.2016. The substance of the challenge in the writ petition is that while revising the affiliation fee, the respondent University has not followed the mandatory procedures contemplated in the Madurai Kamaraj University Act, 1965 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act'), the Statutes, Ordinances and the Regulations framed thereunder and hence, the revision suffered from patent illegality and liable to be interfered as being void.

2. The facts and the circumstances which gave rise to the prese