CWP-17987-2025 & -1- CWP-17999-2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 105+106 CWP-17987-2025 Date of Decision :04.07.2025 The Managing Committee, Akal Degree College ...Petitioner Versus The Union of India and others ...Respondents CWP-17999-2025 Date of Decision :04.07.2025 The Managing Committee, Akal College of Education ...Petitioner Versus The Union of India and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI Present: Mr. Pawan Kumar, Senior Advocate with Mr. Bhuvnesh Sharma & Ms. Vidushi Kumar, Advocates for the petitioner-College.(in both the petitions.) Ms. Gurmit Kaur Gill, Senior Panel counsel for respondent-UOI. Mrs. Anu Chatrath, Sr. Addl. A.G., Punjab with Mr. T.P.S. Chawla, Sr. DAG, Punjab for respondent-State. * * * Harsimran Singh Sethi, J. (Oral) 1. Learned Senior counsel for the petitioner-College submits that the petitioner-College is not being given the entitled due amount to be given to the petitioner-College under the Post Matric Scholarship Scheme (S.C.) AARTI SHARMA 2025.07.04 17:31 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document CWP-17987-2025 & -2- CWP-17999-2025 and the said issue has already been decided by this Court while passing order in CWP-13761-2024 titled as Akashdeep and others vs. State of Punjab and others decided on 09.01.2025 along with other connected cases and prays that the present petition be also disposed of in terms of the said order. 2. Notice of motion. 3. Ms. Gurmeet Kaur Gill, Senior Panel Counsel for Union of India accepts notice on behalf of respondent-UOI. 4. Mrs. Anu Chatrath, Sr. Addl. A.G., Punjab with Mr. T.P.S. Chawla, Senior DAG, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of respondent-State. 5. Learned counsel for the respondent-UOI submits that appeals have been filed by the respondents being LPA No.1648-2025 and 1650- 2025 against the judgment passed in Akashdeep’s case (supra) wherein, notice as well as notice regarding stay has already been issued but concedes the fact that the judgment passed in Akashdeep’s case (supra) has not been stayed. 6. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the record with their able assistance. 7. Once, the issue raised in the present petition has already been decided by this Court while passing order in Akashdeep’s case (supra) merely that the respondents have filed the appeals against the said order passed in Akashdeep’s case (supra), does not mean that the claim of the petitioner-college, which is akin to one which was raised in Akashdeep’s case (supra) , should not be disposed of in the same terms so as to avoid discrimination especially, when the operation of the judgment passed in AARTI SHARMA 2025.07.04 17:31 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document CWP-17987-2025 & -3- CWP-17999-2025 Akashdeep’s case (supra), has not been stayed. 8. Keeping in view the above, present petition is disposed of in terms of the order passed by this Court in Akashdeep’s case (supra). 9. It is made clear that in the present case, the time period of 08 weeks as granted by this Court in the case of Akashdeep’s case (supra), will start from the date of receipt of copy of this order. 10. A photocopy of this order be placed on the file of connected cases. July 04, 2025 (HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI) aarti JUDGE Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes Whether reportable : No AARTI SHARMA 2025.07.04 17:31 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document