JUDGMENT

Mahesh Grover, J. - By this order, we propose to dispose of the above said Letter Patent Appeals bearing Nos.765, 771, 772, 776, 779, 780, 789, 790, 812, 890 and 1024 of 2017 and also Civil Writ Petitions bearing Nos.14278, 21816 and 27592 of 2017, as they involved common question of facts and law.

2. Some of the writ petitions/letter patent appeals have been filed by the institutes, while the others are by the students, whose careers are affected on account of the action of the respondents.

3. For the purpose of convenience, we draw the facts from CWP No. 21816 of 2017, wherein the institution has questioned the action of respondent-State, in cancelling the admission of the students.

4. In question are numerous courses to which the students were admitted, such as Diploma in Engineering (LEET), Bachelors in Engineering, Bachelors in Architecture, MBA Courses and Bachelors Diploma in Pharmacy. These are being run by the technical institutions and the students are granted access on the basis of marks obtained by them in the qualifying examinations.

5. The controversy centres around the cut-off date prescribed for admission i.e 15.08.2016. The process was started in June, 2016