Himachal Pradesh Court October 2013 Judgments

Maharaja Lakshman Sen Memorial College and Others Vs. State of H.P. an ...

Court: Himachal Pradesh

A.M. Khanwilkar, C.J. All these six petitions can be disposed of together by this common judgment as the issues and reliefs are overlapping. 2. The petitioners have essentially challenged the Himachal Pradesh Grant-in-aid to non-Government Colleges Rules, 2008 (in short called the Rules of 2008) and the amendment to Rule 4 thereof, vide Notification dated 6.10.2009 titled as Himachal Pradesh Grant-in-aid to non-Government Colleges (2nd Amendment) Rules, 2009 (in short called the Rules of 2009), in particular to the extent the grant-in-aid has been restricted to teaching and non-teaching staff for whom the grant-in-aid was being provided prior to coming into force of the Rules of 2008 and without providing any grant-in-aid towards the enactments and other benefits and also to the post upon superannuation of the staff. The petitioners instead are seeking directions against the respondents to continue to pay 95% grant-in-aid to the petitioner-Colleges as was paid under Himachal Pradesh no...