IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.4041 of 2009 Date of Decision: March 17, 2009 R.K. Arya College, Nawanshahr .....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) This civil writ petition filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India prays for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to release the due grant- in-aid, as admissible to the petitioner-College to enable it to disburse the same to the teaching and non-teaching staff employed under grant-in-aid scheme. Learned counsel contends the matter is squarely covered by judgment of this Court rendered in ‘Goswami Ganesh Dutt Sanatan Dharam College, Hariana, District Hoshiarpur vs. State of Punjab & Others’ (Civil Writ Petition No.3174 of 2009, decided on 2.3.2009) wherein reliance has been placed on judgment rendered by the CWP No.4041 of 2009 [2] Division Bench of this Court in ‘Arya College, Ludhiana vs. State of Punjab & Others’ (Civil Writ Petition No.14340 of 2006, decided on 18.12.2007). Notice of motion. Mr. Kamaldeep Singh Sidhu, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, on the asking of the Court, accepts notice. Copy of the petition has been given. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties. Learned counsel for the respondent- State has not been able to distinguish the judgments referred to on behalf of the petitioner. In view of the above, this petition is allowed in terms of judgment rendered in ‘Goswami Ganesh Dutt Sanatan Dharam College, Hariana, District Hoshiarpur vs. State of Punjab & Others’ (Civil Writ Petition No.3174 of 2009 decided on 2.3.2009). (AJAI LAMBA) March 17, 2009 JUDGE avin