(1.) All these writ applications involving common questions of law and fact were taken up for hearing together and are being disposed of by this common judgment.
(2.) The fact of the matter lies in a very narrow compass.
(3.) The State has established and manages the affairs of some Engineering Colleges, viz the Bhagalpur College of Engineering, Bhagalpur, Bihar Institute of Technology, Sindri, Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology, Muzaffarpur Bihar Engineering College, Patna and Regional Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur.