At least 155 private schools, with enrollment of more than one lakh students, are grappling to keep their registrations intact as the Jammu & Kashmir administration’s new rules directed the Revenue Department to identity those schools built on the land other than private property in the Union Territory (UT) for de-registration by the Education Department.
Hearing the petitions filed by such private schools, judge Moksha Khajuria Kazmi said, “The petitioners have prima facie made out a case for ad-interim relief at this stage. In the meantime, subject to objections to be filed by the respondents and till the next date of hearing, status quo, as on date, shall be maintained.” The case has been listed for July 18, 2022.
The court Order has provided a relief at a time when the Chief Education Officers (CEOs) in the Valley’s 10 districts issued orders for “closing the schools operating on State or kahcharai land”. “The students in such institutions shall be accommodated in nearby government schools, subject to the consent of their parents,” the order, to be implemented within 15 days, said.
