Lucknow
The decision of a single bench in the merger case of primary schools of the state has been challenged by filing special appeals in a bench of two judges in the Lucknow bench of the High Court. Special appeals are listed before the bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Jaspreet Singh today. Advocate Gaurav Mehrotra, the advocate of the appearances, said that the first special appeal was filed by 5 children, and the second 17 children have filed through their parents. These have been requested to cancel the decision given by single bench on July 7 in the merger of schools. After this, a PIL filed in the case was also rejected by the bench on 10 July.
Single bench has dismissed petition
On July 7, the state government got a big relief in the merger of schools. The single bench had rejected both the petitions challenging the merger order of the primary schools. This decision was given by a single bench of Justice Pankaj Bhatia on another petition, including 51 children studying in primary and higher primary schools in Sitapur. In this, the Basic Education Department was requested to challenge the order issued on June 16, which has been provided to merge up to upper primary or composite schools based on the number of children of primary schools of the state.
The petitioners called it a violation of the provisions of free and compulsory education law. At the same time, the issue of troubles of getting away from the merger of children was also raised. The petitioners had specially argued that the government’s order to merge schools is going to violate the right to free and compulsory education for children aged 6 to 14 years.
The government has made its stand clear
In protest against the petitions by the state government, the chief argument was argued that the action of merger is being done in the interest of children for better use of resources. The government cited 18 primary schools that do not have a single student. Said that teachers and other facilities will be used better by merging such schools in nearby schools. It was said that the government has decided to merge such schools in order to fully improve the quality of education.