1. The prayer in all these Writ Petitions is for a mandamus, directing the respondents to allow the petitioners to continue their 3rd year B.A.,B.L.(Hons.) course in the third respondent college.

2. According to the petitioners, they got admissions in the third respondent college in the year 2011 for the Law Course B.A., B.L.(Hons.) and now they are to join 3rd year course; their college informed them that they are short of attendance in two subjects and hence they have not been allowed to do their 3rd year course; they got above 80% attendance in all the subject classes except one or two subjects, but the college authorities have on their own fixed the minimum attendance in each subject at 80% and they were not allowed to write the examination in the subjects, which lack the required percentage of attendance. Their further case is that the minimum
attendance fixed by the third respondent college is against the Bar Council of India Rules (Under the Advocates Act 1961), as per which rules, the minimum required attendance is 66%; if they are not permitted to do their third year course, they will be put to great hardship and loss and that they also submitted representations to the third