By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad,Nov. 24: A division bench comprising acting Chief Justice B. Prakash Rao and Justice V. Suri Appa Rao of the AP High Court on Wednesday admitted a plea filed by students of a school in the city against frequent bandh calls by various organisations.
The court also served the Chief Secretary a notice in this regard. SSC students of the Cardinal Gracious High School in Ramanthapur of the city sent a letter to the Chief Justice stating that they have lost their valuable time to prepare for the SSC examinations due to the bandh calls by various political parties and students organisations recently.
Students brought to the notice of the court that they could not complete the syllabus due to recent bandhs — they said there were 22 of them.
The students said that on November 11, the PDSU gave a bandh call and their head master declared a holiday for the entire schools except for SSC students. Special classes were conducted for them after closing the main gate of the school.
However, a group of persons barged into the room and forced them to leave the premises, the students said.
The students said this happens every time a bandh call is given. The students urged the court to direct the state government to give them protection during bandhs and also direct the political parties and student organisations to exempt schools from bandhs.
The court took up the letter as a petition and issued notices to the home secretary, school education department apart from the CS and sought their response to the petition.
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