SC declines to hear plea against nursery admission guidelines
1 Feb 2014 12:15 AM GMT
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea by private, unaided schools of Delhi seeking putting on hold the 18 December, 2013, nursery admission guidelines issued by lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung, and asked the schools’ associations to go back to the high court.
The Forum For Promotion of Quality Education for All (FPQEA) and the Action Committee of Unaided Recognised Private Schools (ACURPS) had moved the apex court challenging the 20 January Delhi High Court order directing the Delhi government to notify the guidelines and also the date of admissions.
The two associations agitating the cause of nearly 1,100 unaided recognised private school wanted the apex court to stay the operation of the high court order.
As the two were asked to go back to the high court which is still seized of the matter, the bench of Justice HL Dattu and Justice SAÂ Bobde said the high court would consider the matter as expeditiously as possible.
As the associations urged the apex court to direct the high court to advance the hearing of the matter listed for 11 March, it permitted them to move an appropriate application before the high court which would consider them and pass appropriate orders.
The petitioners sought the postponement of the 28 February date for the release of the first list for admission to nursery schools as it would have to be done on the basis of new criterion.
Senior counsel Rohinton Nariman said that postponement for declaring the first list could be done as ‘fortunately for us there is still time for admission.’
‘This will amount to grant of interim relief,’ the court said as Nariman submitted that ‘so long our petition is pending before the high court, we may be allowed to continue with the old system (for admission).’
The court remained unmoved as Nariman said that private, unaided recognised schools be allowed to continue with the admission policy that was in operation for last five years subject to the outcome of their petitions challenging the 18 December guidelines. He pointed to the anxiety of the schools and that of the parents as well.
Senior counsel Harish Salve said that not only the schools but even the children too would be affected by the change in the guidelines for admission to nursery.
The Forum For Promotion of Quality Education for All (FPQEA) and the Action Committee of Unaided Recognised Private Schools (ACURPS) had moved the apex court challenging the 20 January Delhi High Court order directing the Delhi government to notify the guidelines and also the date of admissions.
The two associations agitating the cause of nearly 1,100 unaided recognised private school wanted the apex court to stay the operation of the high court order.
As the two were asked to go back to the high court which is still seized of the matter, the bench of Justice HL Dattu and Justice SAÂ Bobde said the high court would consider the matter as expeditiously as possible.
As the associations urged the apex court to direct the high court to advance the hearing of the matter listed for 11 March, it permitted them to move an appropriate application before the high court which would consider them and pass appropriate orders.
The petitioners sought the postponement of the 28 February date for the release of the first list for admission to nursery schools as it would have to be done on the basis of new criterion.
Senior counsel Rohinton Nariman said that postponement for declaring the first list could be done as ‘fortunately for us there is still time for admission.’
‘This will amount to grant of interim relief,’ the court said as Nariman submitted that ‘so long our petition is pending before the high court, we may be allowed to continue with the old system (for admission).’
The court remained unmoved as Nariman said that private, unaided recognised schools be allowed to continue with the admission policy that was in operation for last five years subject to the outcome of their petitions challenging the 18 December guidelines. He pointed to the anxiety of the schools and that of the parents as well.
Senior counsel Harish Salve said that not only the schools but even the children too would be affected by the change in the guidelines for admission to nursery.
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