English vs Sanskrit – Delhi Govt. school defies Supreme Court directives in denying promotion to six students to class XI on baseless subject dispute

SOCIAL JURIST
A Civil Rights Group

To 19/07/2010
The Director of Education
Govt. of NCT of Delhi
Old Secretariat Building
Civil Lines
Delhi-110054

Sub: Illegal with holding of promotion of class X passed students of Govt. Co-Ed S.S. School, Block-B, Holambi Kala, Phase-II, Delhi-82

Dear Sir

We bring to your notice that as many as 6 student namely-1) Preeti r/o A2148,2) Rajni Verma r/o A803,3) Meera r/o B 984, 4)Maya r/o B2147,5)Pooja r/o A775 and 6)Rajni r/o A744 Metro Vihar Holambi Kala Phase-II, Delhi-82 have passed class X examination from Govt. Co-Ed Sec School, Metro Vihar, B-Block, Delhi in the academic year 2009-10. They are legally entitled to be promoted to class XI in the same school but the said school has refused to promote them to class XI on the pretext that these students would not be given English subject and Sanskrit subject is not available in class XI. It is submitted that all the students are not at all interested in Sanskrit subject and they are interested in English subject which is available in the school.

It is submitted that the said school has illegally and arbitrarily withheld their promotion in class XI in the school. It is submitted that the said school is bound to promote all these students in class XI in school and are also bound to provide them Arts Stream with the English subject which is available in the school.

The aforesaid action on the part of the school is totally illegal, unjust, arbitrary, unconstitutional, contrary to the provision of Delhi school Education Act, 1973 and also contrary to the law as laid down by Hon’ble Supreme Court in several cases including Cambridge School v/s Payal Gupta, Principal Kendriya Vidyalay v/s Saurabh Chaudhary and D.Aravinath v/s Tamil Nadu.

It is, therefore, requested that an appropriate direction may be issued in this matter to the Principal of the Govt. Co-Ed S.S. School, Block-B, Holambi Kala,Phase-II,Delhi-82 and promote the students the school in class XI and all allot them Arts Stream with English subject.

With Regards


Ashok Agarwal,Advocate
Advisor, Social Jurist
M-9811101923