J U D G M E N T

Ashok Bhushan, Ag. C.J.

These five Writ Appeals have been filed against the common judgment dated 06.11.2014 passed by a learned Single Judge in the Writ Petitions filed by the appellants. Learned Single Judge by the above judgment has dismissed all the Writ Petitions. First four Writ Appeals have been filed by the students who are pursuing the MBBS course whereas the last Writ Appeal, W.A. No.1694 of 2014 has been filed by the students who are pursuing B.Sc. Nursing Course. W.A. No.1759 is being treated as the leading case. For deciding all these Writ Appeals reference to the pleadings in W.A. No.1759 of 2014 shall suffice except where reference of pleadings in some other Writ Appeals are necessary.

2. The background facts giving rise to the Writ Petitions filed by the appellants are as follows: The Co- operative Academy of Professional Education (Kerala), respondent No.3, is a Society registered under the Travancore Cochin Literary Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act, 1955. The 3rd respondent has been running a Medical College, namely Kochi Co- operative Medical College, Kalamassery which was treated under the category of self financing institutions.