Court's contempt notice to Delhi education department

5 Dariya News

New Delhi 13-Oct-2014

The Delhi High Court Monday issued contempt notice to Delhi's directorate of education (DoE) for not following its order to grant admission to 81 children in neighbourhood government schools.Justice V.K. Shali also issued notice to the commissioner, East Delhi Municipal Corporation, on a contempt petition filed by NGO Social Jurist that noted that despite the pision bench's Sep 17 order, 81 children were not admitted to schools. The court has now posted the matter for Jan 28, 2015, and asked the DoE and EDMC to file their response on the issue.

On Sep 17, 81 children in the age group of 6-14 years moved the high court alleging that they have been denied admission in schools on the ground that they do not have residential proof. Children from Yamuna Khadar area in east Delhi said they were denied admission in schools of the EDMC on the grounds of non-availability of their residence proof and birth certificates.The pision bench then asked the students to approach the schools for admission and the schools to take proper action in this regard.

During the hearing Monday, advocate Ashok Agarwal appearing for the NGO argued despite the order of pision bench, the children were not admitted to the schools."This case highlights that the government of Delhi which makes so much propaganda about implementation of RTE (Right to Education) Act is really very insensitive towards the right to education of the children of the poor," he argued.