THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA WRIT PETITION NO.2564 OF 2011 ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for School Education. It is the claim of the petitioner that the school run and managed by it had been admitted to grant-in-aid by the State Government, but however, for certain inexplicable reasons, the maintenance grant, which is liable to be released to it, has not been released for the past three years notwithstanding the fact that the State Government passed orders through their G.O.Ms.No.320, Education department, dated 16.09.1994 trying to regulate this very exercise. The State Government has made it clear that the maintenance grant admissible and payable to any educational institutions beyond three years period shall be adjusted against future grants payable. Subsequently, the Governor of Andhra Pradesh has promulgated Ordinance No.9 of 2007 amending the Andhra Pradesh Private Educational Institutions Maintenance Grant (Regulation) Act, 1995, by adding a proviso to sub- section (1) of Section 3 of the said Act. I, therefore, consider it appropriate that the respondents shall take all such necessary steps and measures for the purpose of releasing maintenance grant in favour of the schools in strict compliance of the directions issued by the State Government contained in G.O.Ms.No.320, Education Department, dated 16.09.1994, read with Andhra Pradesh Ordinance No.9 of 2007 and this exercise shall be completed on or before 31.08.2011. The Writ Petition stands disposed of, but however, without costs. _____________________ (ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA, J) 17th June 2011 RRB