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(heareinafter rerred to as the Board) expelling he fourapplicants from the school;(2) An order of mandamus directing the Board to consideratedand determine the occasion(3) In the alternative to the two prayers above, an order ofprohibition, restraining the first and second respondentsfrom dealing with the Applicants’ case however.The application has been strenuously contested by Mr. Shio, Senior StateAttorney on behalf of all the respondents.The following facts are not disputed in this application. The four applications wereForm six students at Songea Boys’ secondary school. On October 25, 1993,there was a geral unrest at the school involving students who complained ofmaladministration, infliction of unreasonable punishments and supply of food,among others, the respondent one on this point is that only some of the studentswere involved in the disturbances. It is common cause, however, that on thefollowing day some students the respondents estimate than to be between 100and 150 in number – narched from the school to Songea town intending to airtheir grievances to the Regional Commissioner. The latter directed that theDistrict Commissioner and the Regional Education Office should handle thematter. The second, third and fourth applicants and another student wereselected to represent fellow students and themselves when meeting the twoofficers. The efforts of the two officers failed to solve the problem and 27 th600