ORDER :

1. This order shall decide the present batch of writ petitions filed by the Managements of several junior colleges operating in different of parts of Telangana who are all aggrieved by the order dated 22.02.2020, passed by the respondent No. 3/Director General, Telangana State Disaster Response and Fire Services (for short ‘TSDRFS’) of directing inclusion of buildings used for running colleges/junior colleges within the definition of a ‘school’ thus making it compulsory for the petitioners to obtain a fire ‘No Objection Certificate’ (for short ‘NOC’) for running their colleges and the order dated 24.03.2020, passed by the respondent No. 2/Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (for short ‘TSBIE’) rejecting the applications of the petitioners for affiliation and ordering closure of the intermediate colleges being run by them with immediate effect.

2. As the reliefs prayed for in all these petitions are identical, for ease of reference, the facts narrated in W.P. No. 8854 of 2020 are being referred to hereinafter. Before adverting to the facts of the captioned case