IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.21366 of 2004 Between: G.C.S.S. Junior College, Guntur, rep. by its Secretary & Correspondent Sri K. Ramakrishna Prabhu ..... PETITIONER AND 1 State of A.P. rep. by its Secretary to Govt. Education Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Commissioner & Director of School Education, A.P., Hyderabad 3 The District Education Officer, Guntur District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not paying the Maintenance Grant as per its eligibility as per the proceedings of the 3rd respondent in R.C.No14852/B2/2002 dated 31-03-2004 is illegal, arbitrary and issue a consequential direction to the respondents to forthwith pay the same with interest at 12% p.a. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.AKA.VENKATARAMANA Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR EDUCATION The Court, at the stage of admission, made the following: ORDER: It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner and admitted to by the learned Government Pleader for Education that the subject matter of this writ petition is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court in W.P.No.19400 of 2001, dated 18.09.2001. Hence, following the said judgment, this writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents herein to release the maintenance grant to the petitioner-College in terms of G.O.Ms.No.320 Education (PS-2) Department, dated 16.09.1994 within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. ________________ (N.V. RAMANA, J) Date: 23.11.2004 Nsr/Asp To 1 The Secretary to Govt., State of A.P., Education Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad. (with a CC of order dated 18.9.2001 in WP No.19400/2001) 2 The Commissioner & Director of School Education, A.P., Hyderabad 3 The District Education Officer, Guntur District. 4 Two CCs to GP for Education, High Court of AP, Hyderabad (OUT) 5 Two CD copies.