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R singaravelan senior advocate /Judges initially by Hon‟ble Mr. Justice N. Sathish Kumar and later continuously by Hon‟ble Dr. Justice Mrs. Anita Sumanth who heard the writ petition a status report and reply

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the learned Judges initially by Hon‟ble Mr. Justice N. Sathish Kumar and later continuously by Hon‟ble Dr. Justice Mrs. Anita Sumanth who heard the writ petition a status report and reply affidavits were filed and in that shocking statements were fairly made by the Government. Para 9 of the Status Report is more relevant and it is reproduced below:-

“9. It is submitted that the 5th Respondent School was established in a building in a small area less than 4 grounds whereas 6 grounds is the mandatory requirement for running a school. The 5th Respondent School also has not applied for issue of No Objection Certificate and certificate of recognition from the competent authorities. The 5th Respondent School without establishing a school has collected fees from students in violation with the provisions of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009.”

At para 10, it is stated that the school was closed abruptly without any information to the competent authorities reproduced below:-

“10. It is submitted that the school has sent a communication for payments on 26.11.2014 and the petitioners have paid the charges.

The 5th Respondent school has sent communication to the petitioners to admit in some other school and the petitioners have admitted their kids in the nearest the schools of their choice by paying donations. Since the school has been closed abruptly, without any information to the competent authorities, enquiry could not be conducted.”

 

Thereafter a reply affidavit was filed by the Principal Secretary to Govt., and at para 5 of the following status is given about the schools functioning in the state of Tamilnadu.

“5. With reference to the direction of this Hon’ble Court the following details are furnished.

  1. Total number of Schools in the State of Tamil Nadu are 58801.
  2. The Schools are categorized as Government Schools, Government aided Schools and Private Schools (i.e., Self financing Schools). There are 37,636 Government Schools, 8,323 Government Aided Schools and 12,934 Private (Self financing) Schools. Of the 12934 Private Schools, 4623 are Matriculation Schools, 1504 CBSE Schools, 31 IGCSE Schools, 112 ICSE Schools, 12 IBT Schools and 07 Cambridge Schools”

 

It is claimed that nearly 65 schools are functioning without even any recognition in the reply affidavit filed by the Director of

School Education before the court dated February 2023, and at para 18, it is admitted that 64 schools are functioning and show cause notice has been issued in the following words:-

“18. It is submitted that 10 IGCSE

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