Navaniti Pd Singh, J.

1. These three writ petitions have been filed by Smt Parvati Kumari and others. She happens to be the Principal of Sanjay Gandhi Smarak Mahila College, Sheikhpura. In substance, by these three writ petitions reliefs that are sought by the petitioners are :

(i) For setting aside the letter by which annual recurring Government grant to the college amounting to Rs 10 lacs was withdrawn;

(ii) To grant status of deficit grant college to the petitioners college and;

(iii) In the larger public interest to take over the college as constituent college under the Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur.

2. It may be noted that initially, the first writ petition was filed in the year, 1999 followed later by the other two writ petitions. They were all admitted for final hearing.

3. Counter affidavits have been filed with replies thereto. At one stage, petitioners brought on record that there were several colleges which were established, affiliated later than the petitioners; colleges that were not found fit to be taken over but all those colleges were granted the deficit grant status, which is more than recurring grant and, some of them were even made consti