KOCHI: Children are not chattels or toys to be thrown around at the mercy of school authorities, the high court said while ruling that it was arbitrary and unreasonable for Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) to alter admission criteria after the admission process had begun, thereby denying admissions to some students.
After considering two petitions filed by students denied admissions to Kendriya Vidyalayas due to the change of criteria, Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V said in a judgment on Thursday, "While revising the admission guidelines, the respondents ought to have been fair and they should have ensured that the students like the petitioners, who were legitimately expecting that they would secure admission, were not thrown out. Children are not chattels or toys to be thrown around at the mercy of the administrators. Every action taken by the authorities having an adverse effect on a section of children ought to have been taken cautiously and with all the sensitivity that it deserves."
