IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF JULY, TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 11171 of 2004 Between: Noblemen's Voluntry Organisation for helping the Rural and Urban poor, situated in the 4th class employees Building Kothapet Tenali, rep by its Presedent Smt. G.Mary W/o. G.Mohan Rao R/o.Tenali Guntur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1..The Secretary Director, Department of Elementary Education and Literacy (Old Name Non Formal Education-III) Ministry of Human Resourse Development, Govt., of India Shastry Bhavan, New Delhi. 2..The Under Secretary Department of Elementary Education and Literacy (Old Name Non Formal Education-III) Ministry of Human Resourse Development, Govt., of India Shastry Bhavan, New Delhi. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue a writ, order or direction more in the nature of writ of Mandamus directing the respondents herein to release the grant in aid to the petitioner for the period 1st Oct 2000 to the 31st of March 2001 as was fixed by the respondents by declaring the action of the respondents in not releasing the same and not giving any reply to the representations of the petitioner as illegal and pass. For the Petitioner:MR.K.ANANTHA RAO - ADVOCATE For the Respondent No.: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (SC FOR CG) The Court at the stage of admission made the Following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO. 11171 OF 2004 ORDER: The present writ petition is filed seeking a direction to the respondents to release the grant in aid to the petitioner for the period 1-10-2000 to 31-3- 2001. The petitioner herein claims to be a voluntary organization with an aim to help rural and urban poor, registered under the Indian Societies Registration Act. It is stated that pursuant to proceedings of Government of India dated 17-2-1997 the petitioner organization had established and running centers for non formal education from 1-4-1997. It is also stated that the respondents are paying the establishment charges and yearly maintenance charges in two instalments every year for running 25 centers. That in September, 2000 the respondents issued a letter informing the petitioner to wind up the non formal education centers, however, by another letter dated 20-10-2000 the petitioner was directed to continue such centers up to the end of academic year i.e. 31st March, 2001. Now the grievance of the petitioner is that it has continued the said centers up to 31-3-2001 and submitted audited accounts to respondents requesting to release the grant in aid, and that the respondents had not released the same despite representations made on 2-11-2000, 17- 4-2001, 14-8-2002 and 11-6-2003 and 1-5-2004. Hence, the writ petition. Heard learned counsel for petitioner and Mr. A.Rajasekhar Reddy for respondents. Both the counsel agreed for disposal of the writ petition with the following direction: In the circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents to consider the representations filed by the petitioners on 2-11-2000, 17-4-2001, 14-8-2002 and 11-6-2003 and 1-5-2004 and pass speaking orders in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible. No costs. ___________ N.V.RAMANA,J 2-7-2004 TVK/MDAA To 1 The Secretary Director, Department of Elementary Education and Literacy (Old Name Non Formal Education-III) Ministry of Human Resourse Development, Govt., of India Shastry Bhavan, New Delhi. 2 The Under Secretary Department of Elementary Education and Literacy (Old Name Non Formal Education-III) Ministry of Human Resourse Development, Govt., of India Shastry Bhavan, New Delhi. 3.. 2CCs to 4.. 2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MPL}