IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.O.C.P. No.2087 of 2008 Date of Decision : May 30, 2009 The Managing committee, Guru Tegh Bahadur College, Bhawanigarh ....Petitioner Versus Ms. Anjali Bhawra, Secretary, Higher Education, Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.P.S. MANN Present : Mr. Gurminder Singh, Advocate Mr. S.S. Sahu, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab. T.P.S. MANN, J. (Oral) The writ petition filed by the petitioner was disposed of by a Division Bench of the High Court on March 19, 2008 with a direction to the respondents to pay 85% of the grant-in-aid as claimed by the petitioner within a period of three months and regarding balance of 10% of the amount of grant-in-aid, the petitioner was to submit a separate representation. The respondents were also directed to release the grant- in-aid to the petitioner in future also in time. According to the petitioner, all the arrears of the grant-in-aid amounting to Rs.56,63,823/- upto session 2006-07 alongwith other dues had not been released by the respondents, although a period of five months had expired since the passing of the order by the High Court. C.O.C.P. No.2087 of 2008 -2- Separate replies have been filed by both the respondents today in the Court which are taken on record and copies thereof supplied to learned counsel for the petitioner. In the reply submitted on behalf of respondent No.2 it stands mentioned therein that an amount of Rs.48,14,250/- has since been released to the petitioner vide bank draft No.691581 dated 29.3.2009. Regarding the remaining grant of Rs.8,49,573/-, the Government of Punjab has been requested to allot/release the same and as and when the required amount is released, the petitioner would be paid the amount immediately. Learned counsel for the petitioner does not dispute the aforementioned facts stated by respondent No.2 in the shape of an affidavit but states that even after the session 2006-07, the respondents have not released the grant-in-aid to the petitioner. Learned State counsel, after obtaining instructions from Shri Suneel Dutt, Superintendent, states that the efforts are afoot to release the amount as claimed by the petitioner in respect of grant-in-aid for the period subsequent to 2006-07. In view of the above, the contempt proceedings are dropped. The respondents are, however, directed to release the outstanding amount due to the petitioner in respect of grant-in-aid expeditiously, preferably within a period of three months from today. ( T.P.S. MANN ) May 30, 2009 JUDGE satish