- (1.) The petitioner has preferred this writ petition for issuance of a writ of certiorari quashing the order dated 14th November, 2013 passed by the Secretary, Sanskrit Shiksha Anubhag, Government of U.P., Lucknow, the respondent no. 1, whereby grant of financial aid to the petitioner's Institution has been suspended on the ground that it does not satisfy the norms with regard to strength of students in the Institution.
(2.) A brief reference to the factual aspects would suffice.
(3.) The petitioner is a Committee of Management of an educational institution, namely, Arya Gurukul Mahavidyalaya, Sirsaganj, Firozabad (for short, the "Institution"), which is a Sanskrit College. The Institution has been established by a Society, known as, Arya Gurukul Sirsaganj, District Mainpuri. The Institution is affiliated to Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi (for short, the "University"). In the Institution the education is imparted from Standard-VI (Prathma) upto the level of Aacharya (Post Graduate). The Institution receives aid out of the State fund. Its affairs are governed by the Uttar Pradesh State Universities Act, 1973 (for short, "the Act, 1973") and the First Statute of the University. It is stated that the Committee of Management of the Institution is duly recognised by the Vice-Chancellor of the University in terms of Section 2(13) of the Act, 1973.;