WP(C) 4910/2007 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE B.K. SHARMA Heard Mr. H.R.A. Choudhury, learned Sr. counsel assisted by Mr. A.F.N.U. Mullah, learned counsel for the petitioners as well as Mr. A.M. Majumdar, lear ned Sr. counsel assisted by Mr. A. Rashid, learned counsel for the respondents N o. 5 to 8. I have heard Mr. M. Dutta, learned Standing counsel, Education D epartment. The petitioners’ schools which were earlier granted financial aid as per the policy decision of the State Govt. in the Education Department, are aggriev ed by Annexure-9 order dated 29.08.07 passed by the Secretary to the Govt. of As sam in the Education Department by which the petitioners’ schools have been repl aced by the private respondents’ schools. Same has been done purportedly on the basis of the judgment and order dated 22.05.07 passed by this Court in W.P.(C) N o. 1460/07. By the said judgment and order, while not interfering with the financial grants already provided to various schools by the Govt., it was provided that t he official respondents shall provide financial assistance to the petitioners in volved in the writ petitions at per with the private respondents upon necessary verification etc. Thus the direction was to provide financial assistance to the schools at per with the schools which were already provided with financial assis tance. There was no direction for replacement of the said schools, already grant ed financial assistance. In view of the above, writ petition is allowed interfering with that par t of the impugned order dated 29.08.07 by which the petitioners’ schools have be en replaced to provide financial assistance to the schools represented by the pr ivate respondents. In other words, the schools of both the groups, i.e. writ pet itioners and the private respondents, would be entitled to the financial assista nce. The writ petition is allowed to the extent indicated above.