THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.2829 of 2005 ORDER: It appears, the petitioners’ schools were run at various villages in West Godavari District. Initially, they had permission from the concerned authority to run their schools for the period 2001-2002 to 2003-2004 and their staff were paid honorarium/remuneration. The petitioners contend that their schools functioned even in the academic year 2004-2005. The grievance of the petitioners is that though the remuneration of the teachers and other staff was enhanced with effect from 01.04.2001, they were not paid the enhanced salaries, that despite functioning of their schools during the year 2004-2005, funds for the said year for running the schools under the National Child Labour Policy (N.C.L.P.) are not released and that their staff including the teachers were not paid the remuneration. Hence, this writ petition. In the counter affidavit filed by the 4th respondent, the respondents have conceded that the honorarium of the staff of the petitioners’ schools has been enhanced from Rs.800/- to Rs.1500/- per month, but in view of the directions of the Collector, West Godavari, Eluru, the same was paid at Rs.1,000/- per month from 01.04.2001. It is also stated that since the petitioners schools were not granted permission from the concerned department for further continuation in 2004-2005, they are not entitled for release of arrears of honorarium for the year 2004-2005 much less funds for the said year. Heard the learned counsel on either side. Admittedly, the honorarium of the staff of the petitioners’ schools has been enhanced. So, when once the honorarium of the staff working in the schools run under N.C.L.P has been enhanced by the Funding Agency i.e., the Central Government, the authorities in the State have no authority to reduce such honorarium or deny the payment of enhanced remuneration to the staff working under the said scheme. Therefore, I am of the considered opinion that all the eligible teaching and non-teaching staff of the petitioners’ schools are entitled for the enhanced remuneration for the academic years 2001-2002 to 2003-2004. Insofar as the release of funds and payment of remuneration to the staff of the petitioners schools for the year academic year 2004- 2005 are concerned, though there were some instructions to close down the schools during that year, it is the contention of the petitioners that by the time such instructions were communicated to them, their schools have already commenced and the students were admitted and even the respondents orally promised that permission would be granted. In view of the above, the respondents are directed to compute and pay the difference of wages with effect from 01.04.2001 in respect of all the eligible teaching and non-teaching staff of the petitioners schools, as per their eligibility, and also to verify the facts whether the petitioners schools had run for the entire academic year 2004-2005 and consider payment of remuneration to the teaching and non- teaching staff of the petitioners’ schools for the year 2004-2005 and release of funds for running the schools for the said year and pass appropriate orders within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _____________ C.V.RAMULU,J 09.02.2011 v v