The Kallakurichi district administration has given permission to the Kallakurichi-based Latha Educational Society, which runs the Sakthi Matriculation Higher Secondary School and ECR International School at Kaniyamoor near Chinna Salem, to carry out repair and renovation works for a period of 45 days. The schools were ransacked by protestors on July 17 following the death of a class XII girl student on the hostel premises on July 13.
The Latha Educational Society had submitted a petition before Collector Sravan Kumar Jatavath with a request to permit them to enter the school premises for carrying out repair and renovation works. Subsequently, a writ petition was filed before the Madras High Court with a plea to permit reopening of the school premises for regular physical functioning of classes.
The court had passed an order on August 23 directing the District Collector to consider the petitioner’s representation and pass appropriate orders based on final merits. As per the order of the court, a letter was sent to the treasurer of the Latha Educational Society to attend a personal hearing on August 29 and opinion of the petitioner was obtained.
