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Schools’ case posted to June 26

Staff Reporter

Bench refuses to stay voluntary scheme

BANGALORE: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday posted to Monday appeals by Karnataka Unaided Schools Management Association (KUSMA) and other primary schools challenging the voluntary scheme formulated by the State Government levying penalty on institutions that had violated norms on the medium of instruction.

KUSMA, which claims to represent over 1,100 primary schools in the State, challenged the April 12, 2007 scheme under which the State had levied hefty penalty on institutions that been teaching in English although they had been permitted to teach in Kannada or any of the other seven mother tongue languages recognised by the State.

The State had claimed that these institutions had violated the undertaking given to it on the medium of instruction.

Other schools had challenged the notices of derecognition and the 1994 language policy. When the matter came up on Tuesday, a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Cyriac Joseph and Justice B.S. Patil adjourned hearing on the petitions.

Senior counsel and former Advocate-General Vijay Shankar, appearing for KUSMA, submitted to the court that even as the Bench had posted for orders appeals on the voluntary scheme, a single judge had vacated the interim order staying the scheme.

The Bench orally remarked that it would not stay the scheme.

When pointed out that a petition by some parents challenging the Government action in derecognising schools were filed, the Bench asked it to be posted before a regular court.

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