(1) WP 3958.2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 3958 OF 2010 Pankaj Vidyalaya, Chopda and anr. PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and ors. RESPONDENTS ..... Ms. Surekha Mahajan, Advocate for the Petitioners. Mr. V.B. Ghatge, A.G.P. for the Respondent-State. ..... CORAM : SMT. NISHITA MHATRE & M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 10TH AUGUST, 2011 ORAL ORDER: 1. Leave to amend. Amendment to be carried out forthwith. 2. This Petition has been filed by an educational institution claiming that it should be permitted to run the 5th, 6th and 7th standard on a grant-in-aid basis. They were initially permitted to run these classes on permanent no grant basis with effect from June, 2002 and the management have been running these classes since then on the aforesaid basis. (2) WP 3958.2010 3. A Government Resolution has been issued on 20.7.2009 indicating that secondary schools which were being run on a permanent no grant basis would be permitted to run on a no grant basis. According to the learned A.G.P. this Government Resolution would apply to the petitioners as well. 4. In these circumstances, the Petition is allowed. The petitioners will be afforded the benefit of the Government Resolution dated 20.7.2009. Sd/- Sd/- [M.T. JOSHI, J.] [SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J.] arp/