Grant-in-aid

C.

1. (1) The State Government shall within the limits of its economic capacity, set apart a sum of money annually for being given as grant-in-aid to private Educational Institution in the State.
2. (2) No order according permission or approval or recognition under this Act, whether prior to or after the commencement of the Orissa Education (Amendment) Act, 1994, shall entitle any private educational institution to receive grant-in-aid.
3. (3) Save as otherwise Provided, no private Educational Institution which has not been recognised by the State Government under this Act shall be entitled to receive any aid from the State Government.
4. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law, rule, executive order or any judgement, decree or order of any Court, no grant-in-aid shall be paid and no Payment towards salary costs or any other expense shall be made to any Private educational institution or for any Post or to any person employed in any such institution after the commencement of the Orissa Education (Amendment) Act, 1994, except in accordance with an order or rule made under this Act. Grant-in-aid where admissible under the said rule or order as the case may be, shall be payable from such date as may be specified in that rule or order or from such date as may be determined by the State Government : Provided that pending framing of such rule or issue of order, the State Government may, without Prejudice to such rule or order, direct that private educational institutions which were receiving grant-in-aid and the posts in such educational institutions in respect of which grant-in-aid was being released shall continue to be paid such amount as grant-in-aid as was being paid to them immediately prior to commencement of the Orissa Education (Amendment) Act, 1994.
5. (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law, rule, executive order or any judgement, decree or order of any Court the following categories of private educational institutions shall only be eligible for consideration for payment of grant-in-aid:—
   • (a) Upper Primary Schools imparting instructions or course prescribed by the State Government in standards or classes VI and VII or Sanskrit Tols and Madrasas imparting equivalent courses.
   • (b) High Schools imparting instructions or course for High School Certificate Examination conducted by the Board of Secondary Education, Orissa or institutions imparting Madhyama Course of Shri Jagannath Sanskrit University and Madrasas imparting equivalent course.
   • (c) Higher Secondary Schools or Junior Colleges imparting instructions or course for Higher Secondary Examination conducted by the Council of Higher Secondary Education Orissa or institutions imparting Upasastri course of Shri Jagannath Sanskrit University and Madrasas imparting equivalent course.
   • (d) Colleges imparting courses for B.A., B.Sc, or B. Com, degrees of the Utkal, Berhampur and Sambalpur Universities and Shastri courses of Shri Jagannath Sanskrit University.
6. (6) No educational institution imparting any other courses of studies except those provided in sub-section (5) shall be eligible for grant-in-aid from Government. Educational Institutions established and/or managed by Urban Local Bodies, Zilla Parishads, Panchayat Samitis and Grama Panchayats, Public Sector Undertakings or Companies or Statutory bodies shall not be eligible for grant-in-aid under this Act.
7. (7) A Governing Body or Managing Committee desirous of availing the facility of grant-in-aid shall make an application for the purpose within such period and shall furnish such information and documents including audited statement of accounts of the institution as may be prescribed. It shall furnish with the application an undertaking to the effect that grant-in-aid sanctioned for the purpose or meeting part or whole of the salary costs shall be disbursed directly to employees concerned and to refund any excess or inadmissible payment that may have been made.