Nursery admission: HC seeks govt reply on uniform policy

The Delhi High Court on Friday sought response of the Delhi government on a plea seeking direction to implement uniform policy for nursery admission in schools of the national Capital.

A Bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath also issued notice to Delhi government’s education department on a plea which urged the court to frame norms with regard to “similar education” in all schools.

The court, meanwhile, declined the petitioner’s request for issuance of notice to a school, saying you have made one institution a party, so first we will hear the government and decide on this aspect later on. “Constitutional issue needs to be heard first. There is no need of notice to the school,” the court said and fixed the matter for further hearing on 

May 30. The court was hearing a plea by Amanat Ullah Khan, who also sought direction to the principal of the school to give admission to at least 10 students of the area.

“Direct them (government and schools) to frame fair and unbiased rule for the admission to primary school irrespective of region/colony,” the plea said.

It said that a direction should be given to the management of the schools to “stop business activities of only bringing up of the children of the rich persons of the locality”.