CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.8799 OF 2010 :{ 1 }: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH DATE OF DECISION: MAY 06 ,2011 Avtar Singh and others .....Petitioners VERSUS Union of India and others ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? PRESENT: Mr. D. N. Ganeriwala, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Karminder Singh, Advocate, for UOI. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. The petitioners are students who had sought visa to study abroad for higher education. They alongwith 19 other students had completed necessary formalities and made full payment of tuition fee to the European University. The fee was paid and transferred in full to the concerned University in the Netherlands through the assistance of FE Group, Netherlands. The documents were also processed for grant of visa. The certificate of acceptance by the European University and confirmation of receipt of amount are also received CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.8799 OF 2010 :{ 2 }: from petitioner No.1. The petitioners have now filed this petition, seeking mandamus or any other appropriate writ or direction, directing the respondents for immediate intervention for assistance to 29 students, including the petitioners, for refund of tuition fee from the Government of Netherlands and even against the decision for non- grant of visa by the Government of Netherlands. The writ Court perhaps may not have jurisdiction to issue any effective direction to the Government of Netherlands. However, since the citizens of this country have been ruined or put to loss, it would be appropriate for Union of India to help the petitioners in retrieving their money in an appropriate legal manner. With the above observations, the writ petition is disposed of. May 06,2011 (RANJIT SINGH ) khurmi JUDGE