CHANDIGARH: Donation of Rs one crore to country's one of oldest and 'elite' boarding school--- Lawrence School Sanawar by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal has come under the lens of Punjab and Haryana high court, which on Wednesday issued notice to Punjab government seeking their reply on the decision of releasing the said amount to the school.
Division bench of the HC comprising Chief Justice A K Sikri and Justice R K Jain has issued notice to state government after hearing a public interest litigation filed by Ex-MLA, Sukhpal Singh Khaira. Petitioner has sought direction to the government of Punjab to withdraw Rs One Crore cheque given by Deputy CM to the school.
The petitioner submitted that in the annual plan for 2012-13 published by Punjab government, an amount of Rs. 1 crore was kept for 'Punjab Nirman Programme', which was to be spent on different development activities such as Municipal Corporation Roads, Installation of Tube wells, Development of Historical villages, sports stadiums, Water Supply Schemes etc.
Counsel for the petitioner, HC Arora argued that Sanawar school neither made any request for any financial assistance, nor it could be imagined that such a rich/elite school would require funds from Punjab government. However, the Deputy CM just to show his status and powers, being ex-student of the said School, doled out an amount of Rs. 1 crore, which was handed over by him to the Principal of said School, on October 4.
"Thousands of government schools in Punjab are in a pitiable condition, where students have to sit on the mats or on the floor, in the absence of furniture, they do not have money for uniforms/stationary; in some of the schools, even the teachers are arranging money out of donations from the respectable of the concerned villages for purchasing uniforms/stationary etc. In the face of the such pitiable condition of the Schools in Punjab, the releasing Rs one crore by Sukhbir Singh Badal by way of a token of his pleasure, and for enhancing his status and prestige amongst the elite students of 'The Lawrence School, Sanawar', cannot legalize/legitimize his aforesaid action," counsel argued.
On petitioner's request for restraining the encashment of said cheque, Advocate General (AG) Punjab, Ashok Aggarwal who was present during the hearing of the case suggested that he himself would ensure that if the cheque has not been encashed so far, it would not be encashed hereafter. AG also informed that the decision to give Rs one crore to the school was the decision of cabinet, not the decision of Sukhbir alone.
AG further submitted that even if the cheque is encashed before now, the funds will not be utilized by the Lawrence School, Sanawar, and those funds will be kept separately at the disposal of the High Court.
Now, the case would come up for further hearing on November 1.
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