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26. Maintainability of the petition under Art. 226 of the Constitution of India against the School will have to be considered in the light of Francis John, Francis John v. The Director of Education, , and Shri Anadi Mu'kta. Sliri Anadi Mukta Sadguru Shree Muktajee Vandasjiswami Suvarna Jayanti Mehotsav Samarak Trust v. V. R. Rudani, . As we have mentioned in paragraph 21 above, Shri Anadi Mukta, Shri Anadi Mukta Sadguru Shree Muktajee Vandasjiswami Suvarna Jayanti Mahotsav Samarak Trust v. V. R. Rudani, , the case of a private college, laid down the test of public duty of the college. Francis John, Francis John v. The Director of Education, , was the case of dismissal of a head-master of a School governed by the Grant-in Aid Code issued by the Government in exercise of its executive power and not under a statute. Yet the Supreme Court held that the Grant-in Aid Code is a part of the Public Law of the land, Francis John v. The Director of Education, , paragraph 5. The second finding of the Supreme Court is that the Director or Education is a public functionary who discharges governmental functions as an authority constituted for this purpose. The third conclusion was that in the circumstances of the case, the decision was not "of a just private management governed by private law. It was the part of the process of the public law which affects public exchequer", Francis John v. The Director of Education, .