JUDGMENT :

R. Suresh Kumar, J.

(Prayer: Writ Appeal filed under of the Letters Patent Act, to set aside the order of dismissal dated 02.04.2018 made in W.P.No.7472 of 2018, thereby allow the W.P.No.7472 of 2018.)

1. The core issue raised in this batch of cases since is one and same, with the consent of the learned counsel appearing for the parties, all these cases, i.e., writ appeal, writ petitions as well as contempt petitions were heard together and are disposed of by this common order.

2. Background facts:

2.1. That the respondent University of Madras (in short "The University" is a State University, has been functioning under the Madras University Act, 1923. The writ appellant in W.A.No.997 of 2018, M.Mani and others had initially entered into service as Assistant in the University, where the prescribed qualification was only SSLC (Fail). Those who had entered into service with that qualification, subsequently wanted to qualify themselves, therefore they have written entrance examination and after having passed out the entrance examination, they joined the University in UG Degree, i.e., B.A., course through Open University System and they become successful in the Degree. In addition