Lsp IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL CIVIL CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.2784 of 2008 Naik Charitable Trust ...Petitioner V/s. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ...Respondents Mr.R.S.Khadapkar for the Petitioner Mr.M.P.Thakur,AGP for the Respondents CORAM CORAM CORAM : D.K.Deshmukh & : D.K.Deshmukh & : D.K.Deshmukh & N.D.Deshpande, N.D.Deshpande, N.D.Deshpande, JJ. JJ. JJ. 22nd 22nd 22nd April, 2008 April, 2008 April, 2008 P.C. . By this Petition the Petitioner is challenging the Government Resolution dated 31-7-2007 whereby the Government has relaxed the conditions laid down in the Government Resolution dated 26-6-2007 for eligibility for the Ashram Schools to apply for grant. The Government had taken a policy decision to select 50 Ashram Schools for giving grant to them. By the Resolution dated 26-6-2007 criteria for the eligibility to apply for grant in aid by the existing Ashram Schools was laid down. One of the criteria was that the result of the Ashram School for the last five years should be more than 60%. That condition has now been deleted and all the Ashram Schools which are fully developed and have students belonging to Vimukta Jati and Nomadic 2 Tribes can apply. According to the Petitioner the resolution is illegal because it relaxes the condition for making application and makes almost all the Ashram Schools eligible to apply. In our opinion, it is essentially a matter of policy of the State Government that who should be eligible to apply for grant-in aid. The Court cannot interfere with the policy decision of the Government unless the Court finds that the policy decision is contrary to any law or is arbitrary. We do not see any reason to interfere. Rejected. (D.K.Deshmukh,J) (D.K.Deshmukh,J) (D.K.Deshmukh,J) (N.D.Deshpande,J) (N.D.Deshpande,J) (N.D.Deshpande,J)