Detailed information must be provided to the Competent Authority for scrutiny and decision on reimbursement of scholarships disbursed.

ORDER

1. Leave granted.

2. We have heard the learned counsels for the parties and have considered the matter.

3. The appellants claim that the post-matric vocational courses offered by it to the students for the different years in question i.e. from year 2011-2012 to 2014-2015 are covered by a Government Scheme which contemplates grant of scholarship to the students. According to the appellants, in anticipation, the appellant ? society had disbursed scholarship and had incurred expenditure from its own funds which is required to be reimbursed.

4. The High Court dismissed the writ petitions on the ground that details of the students and the amounts provided including the date(s) when such scholarships were awarded have not been mentioned/furnished. When the appellants tried to bring the said materials on record by means of review petitions/applications, the High Court thought it proper to reject the review petitions/applications on the ground that at the stage of review such particulars cannot be furnished. Aggrieved, the present appeals have been filed.

5. We have heard the learned counsels for the parties. It has been pointed out on behalf of the appellants that the required record/materials are voluminous and would require translation into English for which time has been prayed for.

6. If there are materials on record to show that the appellants had, indeed, disbursed the scholarships to the students and the State is of the view that the courses offered by the appellant - society come under its scheme(s) for grant of scholarship, the appellants would be entitled to reimbursement. The details in this regard, therefore, can very well be scrutinized, once the same are placed before the Competent Authority of the State and thereafter an appropriate decision can be taken by such authority. We, therefore, do not propose to keep the present appeals pending any longer. Instead, we deem it proper to close the present appeals by directing the appellants to lay the requisite information, in full details, before the Competent Authority of the State, whereafter, the said Authority will take an informed decision in the matter as expeditiously as possible and, in any case, within a period of six weeks from the date when the materials are made available to the Competent Authority by the appellants. We also make it clear that in the event the Competent Authority feels it necessary to hear the appellants or to seek clarification(s) from the appellants it will not hesitate to do so.

7. The appellants will be at full liberty to avail of such remedy/remedies as may be available in law against the order(s) to be passed by the Competent Authority in terms of the present directions.

8. With the aforesaid observations the orders of the High Court shall stand modified and the appeals shall stand disposed of.