Repeated directives

09/12/2018

Creating hurdles in achieving the intent behind the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) of immense importance, those at the helm of affairs in the School Education Department are ignoring repeated directives of the Division Bench of the State High Court on revealing steps taken to overcome deficiency of infrastructure in the schools in both rural and urban areas and ensuring proper student-teacher ratio. The non-compliance is notwithstanding the fact that High Court has a number of times conveyed its displeasure over contemptuous attitude of the authorities and sought intervention of the Chief Secretary. Last year, All J&K Ladakh Teachers Federation filed a Public Interest Litigation seeking directions to the State for framing policy for maintaining proper student-teacher ratio in the schools without any discrimination and overcoming of deficiency in infrastructure for imparting proper education to the students.
Moreover, it has been mentioned in the PIL that infrastructure of majority of the schools particularly in rural areas is in dilapidated condition and no steps are being taken by the concerned authorities to overcome the same. However, the direction was not taken seriously by those at the helm of affairs in the School Education Department despite being aware of the fact that intent of the PIL is to ensure proper facilities to the students studying in the Government schools particularly in Primary and Upper Primary. Thereafter, the PIL came up for hearing a number of times but no information was furnished to the High Court on one or the other pretext. The PIL again came up for hearing before the Division Bench comprising Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice TashiRabstan few days back but again there was no status report and while expressing displeasure over dilly-dallying approach of the School Education Department, the DB observed: "Till date, the order has not been complied with and more time is sought to do the needful". The non-serious approach of the School Education Department towards the directives of the High Court is notwithstanding the fact that few days back Justice TashiRabstan, while dealing with a contempt petition against the School Education Department had observed: "Delay in implementing the directions issued by this court is increasing day by day which is mainly attributable to the casual approach of the Government-respondents and their non-seriousness is detrimental to public interest".

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