WP(C) 1095/2010 BEFORE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE B.K. SHARMA. By means of this writ petition, the petitioners have prayed for a direct ion to the respondents to release the Government grant amounting to Rs.6,00,000/ - that has been sanctioned to the college for the session 2009-2010. Be it state d here that the petitioners have filed another writ petition being WP(C) No.1095 /2010 making a grievance against the induction of the Respondent No.4 Ram Dutta Lahkar as the President of the Governing Body of the college. While entertainin g the said writ petition by order dated 24.3.2010, status quo of the Governing Body as was existing on that date, was directed to be maintained. However, libe rty was granted to the Director of Higher Education to appoint an Administrator in place of the Respondent No.4 Ram Dutta Lahkar, against whose induction, the w rit petition was filed. Pursuant to the aforesaid interim order, the Director of Higher Educatio n has appointed Shri Golok Chandra Bhuyan as Administrator. Presently, the colle ge is functioning under the said Administrator. It is the stand of the petitioners that the aforesaid amount i.e. Rs.6,0 0.000/-, although has been sanctioned in favour of the college but the Director of Higher Education, Assam has not released the same in view of the earlier writ petition i.e. WP(C) No.1095/2010 and has instated upon the petitioners to withd raw the said writ petition. The aforesaid plea of the petitioners has been admitted in the counter a ffidavit filed by the Director of Higher Education. In the affidavit, the impugn ed order in WP(C) No.1095/2010 has been sought to be justified on the ground tha t the Governing Body of the college was not active. It has also been stated that the amount has not been released due to pendency of the said writ petition. Mere pendency of WP(C) No.1095/2010 cannot be a ground to withhold the a mount that has been sanctioned in favour of the college. It is the Director of H igher Education who has appointed the Administrator pursuant to the interim orde r passed by this Court. As to what will be the outcome in the earlier writ peti tion i.e. WP(C) No.1095/2010 will be decided in due course. However, that cannot be the ground for withholding of the amount sanctioned in favour of the college . Be it stated here that due to non-release of the said amount, the petitioners have been deprived of due salary payable for the last 1‰ years. In view of the above, the writ petition is allowed directing the respond ents, more particularly, the Director of Higher Education, Assam to release the amount in favour of the petitioners’ college without any further delay, but at a ny rate, not later than 30th November, 2010.