{"id":35527,"date":"2009-05-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-07T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/general-shiv-dev-singh-vs-state-of-punjab-others-on-8-may-2009"},"modified":"2018-11-10T06:58:23","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T01:28:23","slug":"general-shiv-dev-singh-vs-state-of-punjab-others-on-8-may-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/general-shiv-dev-singh-vs-state-of-punjab-others-on-8-may-2009","title":{"rendered":"General Shiv Dev Singh vs State Of Punjab &amp; Others on 8 May, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">General Shiv Dev Singh vs State Of Punjab &amp; Others on 8 May, 2009<\/div>\n<pre> IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB &amp; HARYANA, CHANDIGARH\n\n\n\n                                    Civil Writ Petition No.6977 of 2009\n                                           Date of Decision: May 08, 2009\n\n\nGeneral Shiv Dev Singh, Diwan Gurbachan Singh Khalsa\nCollege, Patiala\n                                                               .....PETITIONER(S)\n\n                                    VERSUS\n\n\nState of Punjab &amp; Others\n                                                           .....RESPONDENT(S)<\/pre>\n<pre>                              .          .         .\n\n\nCORAM:             HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA\n\n\nPRESENT: -         Mr. Sameer Sachdeva, Advocate, for\n                   the petitioner.\n\n\n                                .        .         .\n\nAJAI LAMBA, J (Oral)\n\n                   Learned           counsel           contends       that        the\n\n<\/pre>\n<p>petitioner is entitled to release of grant-in-aid.<\/p>\n<p>The    same,     however,           is       not       being     released         and<\/p>\n<p>therefore,      the      petitioner-College                    is    not     in     a<\/p>\n<p>position to pay the salaries.\n<\/p>\n<p>                   In    this        regard,           learned      counsel       has<\/p>\n<p>relied on the decision dated 21.3.2009 of this Court<\/p>\n<p>in Civil Writ Petition No.4464 of 2009 titled &#8216;BLM Girls College, Arya<\/p>\n<p>Samaj, Nawanshahr vs. State of Punjab &amp; Others&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>                   Notice of motion.\n<\/p>\n<p>                   Mr.      Anil             Sharma,           Senior      Deputy<\/p>\n<p>Advocate General, Punjab, on the asking of the Court<\/p>\n<p>accepts notice. Copy of the petition has been handed<br \/>\n CWP No.6977 of 2009                                              [2]<\/p>\n<p>over.\n<\/p>\n<p>                      Learned        counsel       for     the     respondents<\/p>\n<p>has not been able to dispute that the grant-in-aid<\/p>\n<p>is   required     to       be   released         in    terms      of    judgment<\/p>\n<p>relied upon on behalf of the petitioner.<\/p>\n<p>                      In the case of BLM Girls College, Arya Samaj,<\/p>\n<p>Nawanshahr (supra), this Court, while relying on judgment<\/p>\n<p>dated 18.12.2007 in C.W.P. No.14340 of 2006, titled `Arya<\/p>\n<p>College, Ludhiana Vs. State of Punjab &amp; Others&#8217; and decision dated<\/p>\n<p>24.4.2008     rendered          in    Civil Writ Petition No.5393 of 2008,<\/p>\n<p>titled &#8216;Ramgaria College of Education, Phagwara vs. State of Punjab &amp;<\/p>\n<p>Others&#8217;, has held:-\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>                            &#8220;Considering the facts and circumstances of the<br \/>\n                      case; in terms of judgment rendered in Arya College&#8217;s<br \/>\n                      case (supra) and decision rendered in C.W.P. No.5393 of<br \/>\n                      2008, decided on 24.4.2008, in case titled &#8216;Ramgaria<br \/>\n                      College of Education, Phagwara vs. State of Punjab and<br \/>\n                      others&#8217;, it is directed that the respondents shall pay 85% of<br \/>\n                      the grant-in-aid due to the petitioner within a period of 3<br \/>\n                      months after clearance of objections by the petitioner. So<br \/>\n                      far as balance 15% of the amount of grant-in-aid is<br \/>\n                      concerned, the petitioner may submit separate<br \/>\n                      representations to the respondents.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>                      In     Ramgaria      College    of   Education,     Phagwara<\/p>\n<p>(supra), the following has been held by the Division<\/p>\n<p>Bench of this Court:-\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>                            &#8220;Learned counsel for the petitioner has placed<br \/>\n                      reliance on the judgments State of Maharashtra versus<br \/>\n                      Manubhai Pragali Vashi and Others, 1995(5) Supreme<br \/>\n                      Court Cases 730, Government of A.P. and Others<br \/>\n                      versus G.V.K.Girls High School, 2000(8) Supreme<br \/>\n                      Court Cases 370, and State of Haryana and others<br \/>\n                      versus Babita Yadav and Others, 2004(13) Supreme<br \/>\n                      Court Cases 734, to contend that the paucity of funds or<br \/>\n                      financial contributions cannot be taken a ground to deny<br \/>\n                      the grant-in-aid to Government recognized private<br \/>\n                      colleges while extending such facility to recognized<br \/>\n                      private colleges by the State.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>                            After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, we<br \/>\n                      are of the considered view that the case of the petitioner is<br \/>\n CWP No.6977 of 2009                                               [3]<\/p>\n<p>                      squarely covered by the decision in the State of<br \/>\n                      Maharashtra versus Manubhai Pragali Vashi and<br \/>\n                      Others, Government of A.P. and Others versus<br \/>\n                      G.V.K.Girls High School and State of Haryana and<br \/>\n                      others versus Babita Yadav and Others (supra). The<br \/>\n                      State Government cannot take up the ground that due to<br \/>\n                      paucity of funds, it is unable to give grant-in-aid to the<br \/>\n                      colleges.\n<\/p>\n<p>                             In view of the above, we hold that the respondents<br \/>\n                      shall pay 85% of the grant-in-aid as claimed by the<br \/>\n                      petitioner within a period of three months, after the<br \/>\n                      clearance of the objections by the petitioner. The<br \/>\n                      petitioner shall try to clear all the objections raised by the<br \/>\n                      State Government within a period of one month from<br \/>\n                      today. As far as balance 10% of the amount of grant-in-aid<br \/>\n                      case is concerned, the petitioner may submit a separate<br \/>\n                      representation to the respondents. The respondents are also<br \/>\n                      further directed to release the grant-in-aid to the petitioner<br \/>\n                      in future also in time.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>                      In    another        judgment         dated        19.2.2008<\/p>\n<p>rendered by a Division Bench of this Court in Civil Writ<\/p>\n<p>Petition No.3191 of 2007        titled       `The Managing Committee, Guru<\/p>\n<p>Gobind Singh College, Saghera, Barnala, District Sangrur vs. State of Punjab<\/p>\n<p>&amp; Another&#8217;, similar view has been taken as in the case<\/p>\n<p>of Ramgaria College of Education, Phagwara (supra).<\/p>\n<p>                      It has been brought out that State of<\/p>\n<p>Punjab     filed      a    Special       Leave      Petition            before    the<\/p>\n<p>Hon&#8217;ble Supreme Court of India directed against the<\/p>\n<p>judgment rendered in Civil Writ Petition No.3191 of<\/p>\n<p>2007.     The    Hon&#8217;ble        Supreme         Court       of    India       while<\/p>\n<p>dealing with SLP No.15798 of 2008 dismissed the petition<\/p>\n<p>on 8.12.2008 by passing the following order:-<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>                      &#8220;Delay condoned.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>                      We find no merit in this petition which is accordingly<br \/>\n                      dismissed. However, two months time is granted to the<br \/>\n                      petitioner State of Punjab to release the amount which is<br \/>\n                      due and payable to the respondent College subject to<br \/>\n                      removal of objections pointed by the High Court in the<br \/>\n                      impugned order.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<pre>                      Considering                 the            facts            and\n CWP No.6977 of 2009                                   [4]\n\n\n\n<\/pre>\n<blockquote><p>circumstances of the case; in terms of judgments to<\/p>\n<p>which    reference      has   been    made   hereinabove,         it   is<\/p>\n<p>directed that the respondents shall pay 85% of the<\/p>\n<p>grant-in-aid due to the petitioner within a period<\/p>\n<p>of 4 months after clearance of objections by the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner.      So far as balance 15% of the amount of<\/p>\n<p>grant-in-aid due is concerned, the petitioner may<\/p>\n<p>submit separate representations to the respondents.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<pre>                      Petition   is    allowed   in         the   above\n\nterms.\n\n                                                      (AJAI LAMBA)\nMay 08, 2009                                             JUDGE\navin\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court General Shiv Dev Singh vs State Of Punjab &amp; Others on 8 May, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB &amp; HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.6977 of 2009 Date of Decision: May 08, 2009 General Shiv Dev Singh, Diwan Gurbachan Singh Khalsa College, Patiala &#8230;..PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab &amp; Others [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-punjab-haryana-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>General Shiv Dev Singh vs State Of Punjab &amp; 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