Allowed

Sri Sangameswara High School v. State of Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh HC21 Feb 2023WP/4077/2023

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

The court allowed a writ petition filed for the release of Maintenance Grant at 6% on Teaching Grant for specific academic years. It relied on a prior order from W.P.No.3449 of 2003 dated 30.09.2016, directing the respondents to comply.

What did the court decide?

Direct the respondents to pay the Maintenance Grant at the rate of 6% on Teaching Grant for the years 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-2023 to the petitioners forthwith.

Sri Sangameswara High School Vs State of… — Education and Admissions | Andhra Pradesh HC (2023)

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HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA

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WRIT PETITION No. 4077 of 2023

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ORDER:

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This writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the

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Constitution of India, seeking the following relief:

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“...to issue a Writ order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ, declaring the action of the Respondents in not releasing the Maintenance Grant at the rate of 6% on the Teaching Grant payable to the 1^st and 2^nd Petitioners for the years 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-2023, as per Section 3 of A.P. Educational Institutions Maintenance Grant (Regulation) Act, 1995 and the law laid down by this Hon’ble Court reported in 1997 (3) ALD 40 and the order made in W.P.No.3449 of 2003 dated 30.09.2016 as illegal, arbitrary and discriminatory and consequently direct the respondents to pay the Maintenance Grant at the rate of 6% on Teaching Grant for the above said years to the petitioners forthwith and pass such other order/s as this Hon’ble Court may deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.” (in verbatim)

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Heard Sri T. V. S. Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Government Pleader for School Education appearing for the respondents.

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When the matter is taken up for hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the issue involved in this Writ Petition is squarely covered by the order dated 30.09.2016 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No.3449 of 2003 and requested to pass a similar order in this writ petition also. The same is not

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disputed by learned Government Pleader for School Education appearing for the respondents.

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In view of the same, for the reasons alike in the aforesaid order, this Writ Petition is also allowed in terms of the order dated 30.09.2016 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No.3449 of 2003. There shall be no order as to costs.

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