IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.18139 of 2010 Date of Decision : December 12, 2011. Rimpy Suman .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Ms.Jyoti Sarin, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms.Sudeepti Sharma, DAG, Punjab. Mr.Tribhawan Singla, Advocate, for respondent No.3. Mr.Ravi Kapur, Advocate, for respondent No.4. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner who belongs to reserved category of Scheduled Caste joined respondent No.4-Institute to complete her B.Tech Course (Computer Science & Engineering) in the year 2007 and successfully completed the same in May, 2010. The petitioner has unfortunately lost her father and the income of her mother is stated to be Rs.2400/- per annum only. The petitioner, in the light of these facts and circumstances, was apparently entitled to financial assistance in terms of the Punjab Government Policies Annexure P-2 & P-3, including the Post-Matric Scholarship, refund of tuition and CWP No.18139 of 2010 [2] admission fee etc., though subject to fulfillment of eligibility conditions. The petitioner has approached this Court seeking a direction to the respondents to release these benefits to her. Respondent Nos.1 & 2, namely, the Departments of Welfare Scheduled Caste and Backward Classes, have filed their reply-affidavits. A separate reply has been filed by the 4th respondent also. The official respondents have acknowledged the Government Policies (Annexures P-2 & P-3) and allocation of sufficient funds for the release of financial assistance under those Schemes. Respondent No.4, on the other hand, has taken a plea that the petitioner never applied for the benefits under the above-stated schemes while she was a student with the said respondent. The petitioner has denied this fact as, according to her, she submitted an application which was not forwarded by respondent No.4. Be that as it may, there can be no denial to the fact that if the petitioner was eligible in terms of the Government Policies (Annexures P-2 & P-3), the Prescribed Authority is obligated to consider her claim and if found entitled to, release the necessary financial assistance to her. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to submit a fresh application alongwith requisite documents to respondent No.4-Institute, who in turn, is directed to forward the said application through a special messenger to respondent No.2 within one week from the date of its receipt. Respondent No.2-Director, Welfare Scheduled Caste and Backward Classes, Punjab, shall, if so required, forward the said application to the Director, Technical Education, Punjab, CWP No.18139 of 2010 [3] for determining the eligibility of the petitioner and if found eligible, both the Directors are directed to ensure that the consequential financial assistance is released in favour of the petitioner within one month from the date of receipt of the application in the office of respondent No.2, failing which the petitioner shall be entitled to interest @6% per annum. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. December 12, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE