Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased topleased to issue an appropriate writ more in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents in not releasing the admitted due amounts to the Petitioner Institution to a tune of Rs.40,13,250/- (Forty Lakhs Thirteen Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Rupees) towards reimbursement of the expenditure incurred by them under the Reimbursement of Tuition Fee (RTF) scheme for the academic years 2017-18 to 2020-21 for obvious reasons as being arbitrary, illegal and violating Articles 14, 16, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India and also in contravention of the GO Ms. No.81, Social Welfare Department, Dated 07-05-2019 and GO Ms. No. 115, Social Welfare Department, Dated 30-11-2019 and consequential Government Orders and consequently direct the Respondents to release the admitted amount to a tune of Rs.40,13,250/- (Forty Lakhs Thirteen Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Rupees) towards Reimbursement of Tuition Fee (RTF) for the academic years 2017-18 to 2020-21 to the Petitioner institution together with interest thereon @ 24percent per annum and issue

IA NO: 1 OF 2026

Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased pleased to direct the Respondents to release the admitted amount to a tune of Rs.40,13,250/- (Forty Lakhs Thirteen Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Rupees) towards Reimbursement of Tuition Fee (RTF) for the academic years 2017-18 to 2020-21 to the Petitioner institution together with interest thereon @ 24% per annum, pending disposal of the Writ Petition, in the interest of justice and pass

The Court made the following:

THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY

W.P.No.12563 of 2026

O R D E R:

The present Writ Petition is filed questioning the action of the Respondents in not releasing the admitted due amount to a tune of Rs.40,13,250/- (Rupees Forty Lakh Thirteen Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty only), together with interest thereon @24% per annum to the Petitioner/Institution towards reimbursement of the expenditure incurred by the Petitioner/Institution under the 'Reimbursement of Tuition Fee (RTF) Scheme' for the academic years 2017-18 to 2020-21, as illegal and arbitrary.

The facts in brief are as follows:

The Petitioner is a private un-aided college. In order to promote academic education in the State, State Government had introduced a scheme originally titled as „Right to Tuition Fee (RTF)‟ and „Maintenance Fee of Student (MTF)‟ through the Social Welfare Department. The students are allotted to the Petitioner/Institution through the Social Welfare Department. For the academic years 2017-18 to 2020-21, the Petitioner/Institution was allotted students as per the scheme, but the amounts were not credited to the college account, though there is no dispute with regard to the amount due.

It is further stated that “Jnanabhumi” smart portal was created to streamline the post metric scholarships eco-system vide G.O.Ms.No.45, Social Welfare (Edn.2) Department, dated 09.06.2017 and the said portal has all the details of the colleges and the students admitted among other stakeholder details. Thereafter, the “Jnanabhumi” portal was modified for better services vide G.O.Ms.No.81, Social Welfare (Edn.2) Department, dated 07.05.2019. It is further submitted that the amounts due to the colleges under „RTF‟ and „MTF‟ schemes would be available on this “Jnanabhumi” portal with details of the students.

Learned counsel for the Petitioner/Institution submits that in the face of the availability of details of amounts due to the Petitioner/Institution under the above mentioned schemes, there is no justification to delay the payments.

Learned Government Pleader, on instructions received from the Director of Social Welfare Department vide letter dated 26.11.2025, submits that the Petit