IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.15475 of 2008 Date of Decision: January 27, 2009 Shree Siddhivinayak Educational Trust .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Haryana & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Sunil Chadha, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Kirti Singh, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana, for respondent Nos.1 and 2. Mr. S.K. Sharma, Advocate, for respondent Nos.3 and 4. Mr. C.B. Goel, Advocate, for respondent No.5. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) In this petition filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner prays for directions to the respondents to grant approval for conversion of petitioner’s institute namely “Ganpati College of Engineering for Girls, Village Shahpur, Tehsil Jagadhri, District Yamuna Nagar” to “Ganpati College of Engineering (Co- education)” and allow the petitioner to admit girls as well as boys students. CWP No.15475 of 2008 [2] Learned counsel for the respondent- State has pointed out that for setting up a college for girls, conditions have been relaxed in terms of infrastructure etc. Under the circumstances, it would be wholly unfair to allow such conversions. A person would take advantage of the relaxation of conditions and subsequently, pray for conversions which would be against the policy of the State. There has been a subsequent development in so much as the petitioner has applied for allocation of integrated course vide application, Annexure P-9. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that even the existing institution can apply. The petitioner fulfils the criteria. Application, Annexure P-9 is pending adjudication before the authorities. The petition is disposed of in view of the subsequent development. In case, application Annexure P-9, filed on behalf of the petitioner is allowed, no cause of action would remain. In case, the application is declined, the petitioner may approach this Court on the new cause of action. Decision on the application, Annexure P-9, be taken by the respondents within five weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. (AJAI LAMBA) January 27, 2009 JUDGE avin