IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH
Civil Writ Petition No.2912 of 2009
Date of Decision: March 23, 2009
Swami Ganga Giri Janta Girls College, Raekot (Ludhiana)
.....PETITIONER(S)
VERSUS
State of Punjab & Others
.....RESPONDENT(S)
. . .
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA
PRESENT: - Mr. Sameer Sachdeva, Advocate, for the
petitioner.
Mr. Arvind Mittal, Additional Advocate General,
Punjab.
. . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral)
Swami Ganga Giri Janta Girls College, Raekot
(Ludhiana), has approached this Court under Article 226/227 of the
Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ in the nature of
mandamus directing the respondents to release the due grant-in-aid as
admissible to the petitioner to enable the College to disburse the same to
the teaching and non-teaching employees employed in it.
It has been brought out that directions have already
been issued by this Court while dealing with Civil Writ Petition
No.14340 of 2006, titled ‘Arya College, Ludhiana vs. State of Punjab &
Others’ decided on 18.12.2007, yet the grant-in-aid is not being released.
Issue notice of motion.
CWP No.2912 of 2009 [2]
Mr. Arvind Mittal, Additional Advocate General,
Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents.
I have heard the learned counsel.
Learned counsel for the respondent-State has not
been able to dispute the fact that similar petitions have earlier come up
for hearing and directions have been issued to the respondent-State to
release grant-in-aid.
Learned counsel for the respondent-State says that
there might be some objections raised by the authorities which would be
required to be cleared.
Considering the facts and circumstances of the case
and in terms of judgment rendered by this Court in Civil Writ Petition
No.14340 of 2006, titled ‘Arya College, Ludhiana vs. State of Punjab &
Others’ decided on 18.12.2007, it is directed that the respondents shall
release 85% grant due to the petitioner, within three months after
clearance of objections by the petitioner. So far as balance 15% of the
amount of grant-in-aid is concerned, the petitioner may submit a separate
representation to the respondents.
The petition is allowed in the above terms.
(AJAI LAMBA)
March 18, 2009 JUDGE
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