B. P. DAS, J.

( 1 ) THIS is an application by one of the representatives of the parents of the students of the Sainik School, Bhubaneswar, questioning the legality of enhancement of the tuition and diet charges of the students.

( 2 ) BRIEFLY stated, the facts leading to the present writ petition are : The Sainik School at Bhubaneswar is one of the 18 Sainik Schools existing throughout India and the same was created under the control of the Ministry of Defence for the purpose of educating the students of different income groups of the society and to train them to become Sainiks. It is stated that at the time of admission of students, it was given to understand by the authorities of the School that Government would provide scholarship basing upon the income of the parents and the parents considering the said scholarship of the Government got their children admitted in the school. But the parents whose children were not eligible to get any scholarship, considering the total expenditure to be incurred during the year decided to get their children admitted and accordingly prepared to meet the expenses. It has been further stated that the course undertaken in the school in Central Boar