THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 16435 of 2010 Date: 12.07.2010 Between: Rural Mahila Welfare Society ..... PETITIONER AND The Principal Secretary to Government, Tribal Welfare Department, A.P.Secretariat, Hyderabad and 5 others .....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 16435 OF 2010 O R D E R : The petitioner is a Society registered under the Societies Registration Act, XXI of 1860. It is stated that the petitioner is functioning as a Non Governmental Organisation and conducting various programmes for the children of low literacy pockets of tribal areas in Kurnool District on non-profitable basis. It is stated that the Government of India vide letter dated 05.10.2000 invited proposals from Non Governmental Organisations for organising educational and training complexes in low literacy tribal areas of Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh and in response to the same, the petitioner submitted its application on 25.10.1999. Having accepted the same, the grant-in-aid was released regularly up to the year 2003. So far as the year 2003-2004 is concerned, the first instalment of Rs.8,58,000/- was released. The said amounts were properly utilised and the certificates to that effect were submitted to the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, New Delhi in time. After inspection of the project the release of second instalment of Rs.7,29,000/- for the year 2003-2004 was recommended by the Joint Director, Planning, Kurnool and the District Collector, Kurnool vide proceedings dated 23.04.2005 and 22.03.2005 respectively. In spite of the same as the amounts have not been released, the petitioner made representations dated 27.07.2009 and 05.11.2009 requesting for release of the grant-in-aid forthwith. As the respondents failed to consider the same, the present writ petition has been filed seeking a declaration that the action of the respondents in withholding the grant-in-aid with effect from the year 2003-2004 as arbitrary and illegal. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Government Pleader for Social Welfare appearing for the respondents. The material placed before this Court shows that the Director of Tribal Welfare vide proceedings dated 06.12.2008 submitted the proposals received from the District Collector, Kurnool for consideration by the 1st respondent. Having regard to the facts borne out of the record the Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to the 1st respondent to consider the petitioner’s representations dated 27.07.2009 and 05.11.2009 in the light of the proposals submitted by the District Collector, Kurnool as forwarded by the Director of Tribal Welfare vide proceedings dated 06.12.2008 and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of this order. Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. ​ ____________ Date: 12.07.2010 G. ROHINI, J Ivd