IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.5471 of 2006. WRIT PETITION NO.5471 of 2006. WRIT PETITION NO.5471 of 2006. Modern Education Society, Sangli ..Petitioner versus The State of Maharashtra & Others ..Respondents Mr.Umesh Mankapure for the Petitioner Mr.R.S.Mane AGP for the respondent Nos.1 to 3 CORAM : D.K.DESHMUKH & CORAM : D.K.DESHMUKH & CORAM : D.K.DESHMUKH & R.Y.GANOO, JJ. R.Y.GANOO, JJ. R.Y.GANOO, JJ. DATED : 10th June, 2008. DATED : 10th June, 2008. DATED : 10th June, 2008. P.C. 1. By this petition, the petitioner seeks direction to the State Government to pay grant-in-aid to the petitioner’s school. When we asked the learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner where does the petitioner get right to receive grant from the State Government, he submitted that his case is that there has been discrimination in paying grant-in-aid. He pointed out the averment in paragraph 8 to us wherein it is stated that the petitioner is not getting grant in aid because it is an English medium school. What is interesting is that the averments made in paragraph 8 have been verified on the basis of -2- personal knowledge and during the course of arguments the learned Counsel told us that this information was given to him by somebody. As the averment in paragraph 8 has been verified on the basis of personal knowledge and as the learned counsel himself stated before us that the information was received by him obviously the allegation made in paragraph 8 cannot be accepted. The argument of the learned counsel for the petitioner that the grant in aid is not granted because it is an English medium school is not established. There is no case of any discrimination between the petitioner school and other English medium school made out. Basically no school has any right to receive grant-in-aid from the State Government. In our opinion, therefore, no direction can be issued to the State Government to give grant-in-aid to the petitioner. Petition is therefore dismissed with no order as to costs. (D.K.Deshmukh, J.) (D.K.Deshmukh, J.) (D.K.Deshmukh, J.) (R.Y.Ganoo, J.) (R.Y.Ganoo, J.) (R.Y.Ganoo, J.)