The petitioners in W.P.No.5353/2016 (Sri K.C. Shankaregowda), W.P.No.14186/2016 (Sri Rithesh Saliyan), W.P.No.32454/2016 (Sri K.S. Ashok Kumar) and W.P.No. 40052/2016 (Sri Srikant Konapur) are the members nominated to the Board of Management of Karnataka Veterinary Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar (‘KVAFSU’ for short) by the Government, through the notification dated 13.01.2016 issued by the respondent No.1. The said notification was withheld/kept in abeyance by the respondent No.1 through the subsequent notification dated 21.01.2016. The said petitioners therefore claiming to be aggrieved of being denied the benefit of the nomination dated 13.01.2016 in view of the subsequent notification dated 21.01.2016, have assailed the same in the said writ petitions.

2. The petitioners in W.P.Nos.19470471/2016 (Sri Mallikarjun Biradar and Sri Nagabhushan Kamthane) who were nominated by an earlier notification dated 26.06.2014 for a period of three years with effect from 05.07.2014 by the Chancellor under the provision as contained at that point in time claim to be aggrieved by the notification dated 13.01.2016 whereunder Sri K.S. Ashok Kumar and Sri K.C. Shankaregowda th