1. This writ petition relates to a matter requiring the interpretation of the Allahabad University Act and the Statutes thereunder. The facts leading to the filing of this writ petition are briefly given below.

2. Before the amendment of the Allahabad University Act, 1921 in 1961 by means of the U.P. Universities Act, 1961 (Act No.13 of 1961), the University was providing the teaching necessary for admission to its various degrees. It had also recognized certain institutions as authorised to provide such teaching. These were privately run colleges and were known under the Act as 'associated colleges'. The State Government intended to start and run an engineering college and a medical college at Allahabad and to secure to the students thereof degrees in engineering and medicine of the Allahabad University. The Allahabad University Act (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act') was therefore amended by the amending Act of 1961 aforesaid to make all necessary provision in this connection and a new class of institutions known as "Constituent Colleges" was introduced in the Act. According to the newly introduced clause (aaa) in S.2, "Constituent College" means an institution maintained by