1. Under challenge in these writ petitions is the order dated 17/06/2015 passed by the Chancellor of the respondent university annulling the decision of the syndicate of the respondent university dated 07/01/2013 sanctioning 77 off - campus centres on the ground that the said off - campus centres were functioning without the sanction of the Government, and the consequential proceedings issued by the respondent university.

2. WP (C) Nos. 15791 / 2015 and 19339/2015
These writ petitions are filed by a former Head of Department of Economics under the respondent university, who has located off - campus centres at Pala and Kottayam, which according to him, are within the territorial jurisdiction of the respondent university, permitted by S.4(1) of the M. G. Universities Act (for short, the Act). In WP (C) No. 15791 of 2015, the petitioner is seeking a direction to the respondent university not to