IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 17011 of 2016 With CIVIL APPLICATION (FOR JOINING PARTY) NO. 1 of 2016 In R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 17011 of 2016 With CIVIL APPLICATION (FOR ORDERS) NO. 2 of 2016 In R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 17011 of 2016 With R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 17587 of 2016 With CIVIL APPLICATION (FOR JOINING PARTY) NO. 1 of 2016 In R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 17587 of 2016 With CIVIL APPLICATION (FOR AMENDMENT) NO. 1 of 2025 In R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 17587 of 2016 With CIVIL APPLICATION (FOR ORDERS) NO. 2 of 2016 In R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 17587 of 2016 With R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 17588 of 2016 With CIVIL APPLICATION (FOR JOINING PARTY) NO. 1 of 2016 In R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 17588 of 2016 With CIVIL APPLICATION (FOR AMENDMENT) NO. 1 of 2025 In R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 17588 of 2016 With CIVIL APPLICATION (FOR ORDERS) NO. 2 of 2016 In R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 17588 of 2016 With R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 19159 of 2016 With CIVIL APPLICATION (FOR JOINING PARTY) NO. 1 of 2016 In R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 19159 of 2016 With CIVIL APPLICATION (FOR ORDERS) NO. 2 of 2016 In R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 19159 of 2016 With R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 19413 of 2016 With CIVIL APPLICATION (FOR ORDERS) NO. 1 of 2016 In R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 19413 of 2016 With CIVIL APPLICATION (FOR JOINING PARTY) NO. 2 of 2016 In R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 19413 of 2016 With R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 19414 of 2016 With CIVIL APPLICATION (FOR ORDERS) NO. 1 of 2016 In R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 19414 of 2016 With CIVIL APPLICATION (FOR JOINING PARTY) NO. 2 of 2016 In R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 19414 of 2016 With R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 20190 of 2016 With CIVIL APPLICATION (FOR AMENDMENT) NO. 1 of 2025 In R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 20190 of 2016 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE:

HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NIRZAR S. DESAI =====================================================

Approved for Reporting Yes No =====================================================

PARUL UNIVERSITY Versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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Appearance:

MR UDAYAN P VYAS(1302) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1 ADVOCATE NOTICE NOT RECD BACK for the Respondent(s)

No. 1 DS AFF.NOT FILED (R) for the Respondent(s) No. 2 MR HARSHEEL D SHUKLA(6158) for the Respondent(s) No.

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CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NIRZAR S. DESAI Date : 04/02/2026 COMMON ORAL JUDGMENT

1.In view of the fact that the amendment has been carried out and newly added Respondent Nos. 2A and 2B have already been joined as party respondents, rule is made returnable forthwith. Learned advocate Mr. Harsheel Shukla waives service of rule on behalf of newly added Respondent Nos. 2A and 2B.

2.Considering the fact that all these matters were heard together and relief was also granted in all these matters vide common oral order dated 25.11.2016, all these petitions were taken up together and are now being decided together.

3.Heard learned advocate Mr. Udayan P. Vyas for the petitioner, Learned advocate Mr. Ankit Shah for Respondent No. 1 in Special Civil Application No. 17011 of 2016, Learned advocate Mr. Sushil Shukla for Respondent No. 1 in the remaining matters, and Learned advocate Mr.

Harsheel Shukla for newly added Respondent Nos.

2A and 2B.

4.By way of each of these petitions, the respective petitioners have prayed for almost identical reliefs and, hence, with the consent of the learned advocates for the parties, Special Civil Application No. 17011 of 2016 is treated as the lead matter and, accordingly, the prayers are incorporated from Special Civil Application No. 17011 of 2016, which read as under:

“(A) That, this Hon’ble Court be pleased to issue writ of mandamus or writ in the nature of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction commanding Respondents herei