IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 12180 of 2004 Between: Society for Humanity (Regd. Voluntary Organisatin) 42, Doctors Colony, Kurnool, Rep. by its Secretary, B.M.V.S. Rama Raju. ..... PETITIONER AND The Under Secretary to Government of India, Department of Secondary Education & Higher Education (Sch-IV), Government of India, Sastry Bhavan, New Delhi. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the respondent to reimburse the amounts spent by the petitioner for running the 50 girls students hostel for the years 2001-2002 and 2002- 2003, Counsel for the Petitioner : MR.VADDIPAMULETY Counsel for the Respondent : Ms.Raghamma, Addl. S.C. for Central Government The Court at the stage of admission made the following : ORDER: The petitioner prays for a direction to the respondent to reimburse the amount spent by it for running a Girls Hostel with 50 girl boarders under the Scheme ‘Access and Equity for Strengthening of Boarding and Hostel Facilities to Girl Students of Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools’ (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Scheme’) for the years 2001-2002 and 2002-2003. The case of the petitioner is that it was granted aid by the respondent for running Girls Hostel with 50 boarders under the Scheme for the year 2000-2001 and thereafter the petitioner submitted a proposal for renewing the grant in aid for the years 2001-2002 and 2002-2003, pending consideration of the proposal, the petitioner was allowed to continue the hostel and it spent its amounts by obtaining loans for the running the hostel during the years 2001-02 and 2002-03. Now, as the petitioner has not received the financial aid, it informed the respondent that the hostel will be closed by the end of March, 2003 and requested to reimburse the amount spent by it for the years 2001-02 and 2002-03. As the respondent is not passing any orders on the representations dated 28-3-2003 and 27-5-2003 made by the petitioner in this regard, the present writ petition is filed. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and Smt.Raghamma, Additional Standing Counsel for the Central Government and the writ petition is disposed of at the stage of admission. Having regard to the fact that the petitioner has made representations dated 28-3- 2003 and 27-5-2003 to the respondent for reimbursement of the amount claimed to have been spent by it for running Girls Hostel under the Scheme for the years 2001- 02 and 2002-03, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the respondent to consider and dispose of the representations filed by the petitioner expeditiously. No costs. ________ 15-7-2004 gs/asp To 1. The Under Secretary to Government of India, Department of Secondary Education & Higher Education (Sch-IV), Government of India, Sastry Bhavan, New Delhi. 2. 2 CD copies