1. These petitions, under Art.226 of the Constitution by the managements of certain private schools, recognised and aided by the State Government, are directed against an order of Government Order Ed. (C. Spl.) 1 -20599/57/EHD dated 12th October 1957, by which, in effect, grants ear-marked for the salaries of the teachers employed in such schools which were theretofore being drawn and disbursed by the

manager of the school concerned are to be drawn and disbursed by the headmaster. This order was to take effect from the 1st October 1957; in other words the new system would come into operation on the 1st November when the salaries for October became payable. But the order notwithstanding, the managers of the schools with which we are now concerned prepared and submitted the bills for the salaries of the teachers of their schools for the month of October 1957 (as also for the arrears for some previous months) to the respective Assistant Educational Officers, (who are the controlling officers) for being passed for payment at the treasury. These officers returned the bills without passing them and drew the attention of the managers concerned to the Government order in questi