THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.22556 OF 2001 ORAL ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the action of the respondents in not paying the Maintenance Grant to the petitioner- Schools on the basis of 1974 Scales of Pay and withholding payment of Contingent Grant as arbitrary and illegal. This Court while directing Rule nisi, passed orders dated 1.11.2001 in W.P.M.P.No.28374 of 2001, as under: “Learned Government Pleader for School Education takes notice and requests three weeks time for counter. Pending further orders, the respondents are directed to pay maintenance grant to the petitioners at the rate of 2% up to date including for the year subject to such further orders as may be issued by the court in this Writ Petition. The amount payable to the petitioners up to date at the rate of 2% shall be paid within six weeks from today.” A counter-affidavit has been filed by the District Educational Officer, Guntur District, stating that in compliance with the interim orders of this Court, G.O.Rt.No.640 dated 9.7.2003 was issued granting administrative sanction for payment of Maintenance Grant due to the 1st petitioner-School for the period from 1990-91 to 2000-01 and, accordingly, a sum of Rs.1,55,410/- was released. The said amount was paid to the 1st petitioner on 7.1.2005, out of the eligible amount of Rs.2,13,895/-. So far as petitioner No.2 is concerned, an amount of Rs.74545/- was sanctioned on 18.11.2003. In the circumstances, recording the statement of the respondents that Rs.1,55,410/- and Rs.74,454/- was already paid to the petitioners, the writ petition is disposed with a direction to the respondents to pay the balance of Maintenance Grant, if any, payable to the petitioners as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. ____________ (G. ROHINI, J.) 22nd August, 2007. Note: Issue CC in two days. (Bo) Kgr THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No.224556 OF 2001 22nd August, 2007. Between: Y.R.S. High School, Rentachintala, Guntur District, A.P., represented by its Correspondent – P.V. Veeraswamy and another. .. Petitioner. And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Secretary, Education Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others. .. Respondents.