Telangana HC says school doesn\'t need fresh permission

Hyderabad: Justice Surepalli Nanda of the Telangana High Court directed the state education department not to insist that the Sri Ramachandra High School (Aided) Main, Kothagudem, provide fresh recognition for running the Sri Ramachandra High School. The judge declared that no fresh permission for English Medium was required. The petitioner said the school was started in a tin shed in the agency area. It subsequently opened three branches — a co-education school, a girls school and a boys school — and in 1964 a degree college. The school is represented by its correspondent Arvind Kumar Agarwal whose father and grandfather were running the schools in Telugu and English medium. As there was no demand for the Telugu medium schools, the petitioner was pursuing the education department to either transfer the Telugu medium teachers to the English medium school or to accommodate them in other institutes in the public interest. The education commissioner issued a fresh notice to the petitioner to take permission which the petitioner said was contrary to law. The education department refused to accept nominal rolls of Class X students for 2020-21 and the petitioner moved the High Court. Justice Nanda said that the proceedings of the director of public instruction in 1962 clearly indicated that permission had been accorded for the opening of a parallel section with English medium in Class X in Sri Ramachandra Higher Secondary School, Kothagudem, in 1962-63, without any financial commitment to the government. The judge said the case of the petitioner was covered by Section 22(1) of the Telangana Education Act and said the school had permanent recognition for English medium and no fresh permission was required.  

HC tells discom to hold pole test

Justice Juvvadi Sridevi of the Telangana High Court directed the TS Northern Power Distribution Company Ltd (TSNPDCL) to issue fresh call letters for the pole climbing test within three months for 228 vacancies. The judge was dealing with a writ petition filed by Kunuru Sriram and 12 others. They said that the TSNPDCL issued a notification in 2018 to fill up 2553 vacancies of junior lineman. They did not receive call letters for the pole climbing test. On inquiry, they were told that they stood next in merit to the candidates who were called for the pole climbing test. Counsel Chikkudu Prabhakar said that only 2,325 vacancies were filled, and there were still 228 vacancies. He sought to allow the next persons in the merit list to take the test. TSNPDCL said that petitioners were not qualified. The 228 vacancies will be carried forward for the next notification. The judge directed the TSNPDCL to issue call letters for the pole climbing test by operating the merit list downwards based on their written test held in April 2018.