Hon’ble Sudhir Agarwal, J.—The petitioners, having been denied admission in B.Ed. course 2007-08 pursuant to combined entrance examination conducted by Chhatrapati Sahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur (hereinafter referred to as the “University”) for all State Universities, Degree Colleges affiliated to such Universities, have come to this Court by means of the present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India.

2. The facts in brief giving rise to the present dispute are that in order to give admission in B.Ed. courses conducted by various State Universities and their constituent, affiliated and associated colleges, the respondent-University issued an advertisement and also published an Information Brochure containing various informations with respect to the said examination. Since this was a joint entrance examination, the candidates were required to give their options with respect to five institutions of their choice and in para 25 of the information brochure it was provided that in case it is not possible to give admission to a candidate in five institutions of his choice, on the basis of his merit position, the University shall be at liberty to give admi