The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : Petition of Bellary school disposed of

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Petition of Bellary school disposed of

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday disposed of a petition by a school from Bellary stating that the State Government had chosen not to enforce this year its order directing the schools, which had violated the medium of instruction, to close down.

In its petition, Pupil Tree Foundation of Bellary said that it was permitted to run a primary school from the first to sixth standard. It said it had been permitted to open a Kannada-medium school.

It said on July 13, 2006, it received a notice by the Education authorities asking it to explain why it had started an English-medium school.

Notice

The notice said this is contrary to the language policy of the State enunciated on April 29, 1994, order in which it had said that the medium of instruction should either be in the mother tongue or in Kannada.

The school urged the court to quash the April 1994 order and also set aside the July 13 notification as it is ultra vires and illegal. Government advocate B. Manohar contended that though the institution had given an undertaking that it would open a Kannada-medium school, it had violated the norms by opening an English-medium school. He said the school had not given an undertaking as had been given by other schools saying that they would not violate the provisions of the undertaking. Justice B.S. Patil observed that he had disposed of petitions by several schools in the light of the Government move and said it would hold good to Pupil Tree too.

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