IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.4950 of 2009 Date of Decision: March 30, 2009 Khalsa College for Women, Civil Lines, Ludhiana .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Sameer Sachdeva, Advocate, for the petitioner. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) Khalsa College for Women, Civil Lines, Ludhiana, has approached this Court in its writ jurisdiction for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus seeking a direction to the respondents to release the due grant-in-aid as admissible to the petitioner to enable the petitioner-College to disburse the same to the teaching and non-teaching employees employed under grant-in-aid scheme. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that similar issue was raised in C.W.P. No.14340 of 2006, titled ‘Arya College, Ludhiana Vs. State of Punjab and others’ dated 18.12.2007, which was allowed with certain directions as is evident from the judgment (Annexure P-8). CWP No.4950 of 2009 [2] Notice of motion. Mr. K.S. Dadwal, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, on the asking of the Court, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. Copy of the petition has been given. Learned counsel for the respondents has not been able to dispute that the grant-in- aid is required to be released in terms of judgment relied upon on behalf of the petitioner. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case; in terms of judgment rendered in Arya College’s case (supra) and decision rendered in C.W.P. No.5393 of 2008, decided on 24.4.2008, in case titled ‘Ramgaria College of Education, Phagwara vs. State of Punjab and others’, it is directed that the respondents shall pay 85% of the grant- in-aid due to the petitioner within a period of 3 months after clearance of objections by the petitioner. So far as balance 15% of the amount of grant-in-aid is concerned, the petitioner may submit separate representations to the respondents. Petition is allowed in the above terms. (AJAI LAMBA) March 30, 2009 JUDGE avin