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Teachers of the Kurla schoolhouse volition beryllium required to undertake canvass work during Diwali vacation—from October 20 to November 12—and connected November 19 and 20, erstwhile polls volition beryllium held.
The Election Commission (EC) connected Monday informed the Bombay High Court that the teachers of a backstage aided schoolhouse successful Kurla volition beryllium required to beryllium disposable for predetermination work lone during the Diwali vacation, November 19 – a time anterior to polls, and connected November 20 – the predetermination time itself.
The seat observed that the EC’s effect modifying archetypal directions oregon orders issued by it to the teachers of Green Mumbai Primary School, a private-aided Urdu mean schoolhouse successful Kurla, took into information the apprehensions raised by petitioners, who are parents of the students studying successful the said school.
A part seat of Justices Atul S Chandurkar and Rajesh S Patil was proceeding a plea by parents of Kurla schoolhouse students, challenging circulars by ECI and BMC, deploying implicit 2,000 employees of the acquisition department, mostly teachers arsenic booth level officers (BLOs) and polling presumption officers (PSOs) for the upcoming authorities Assembly polls.
The parents, done elder advocator Gayatri Singh, claimed that impugned circulars demanding teachers to beryllium moving afloat clip for each the moving days of the week would impact the functioning of schools, peculiarly the ongoing exams of assorted classes.
Last week, the seat had asked EC to look into the contented and respond to the contentions of petitioners connected October 21.
On Monday, advocator Akshay Shinde for the EC stated that it has modified the earlier bid of October 4. He said arsenic per an October 17 connection addressed by predetermination registration authorization to teachers of the Kurla school, they volition beryllium required to undertake canvass work during Diwali vacation—from October 20 to November 12—and connected November 19 and 20, erstwhile polls volition beryllium held. The tribunal accepted EC’s communication.
After the petitioners’ lawyer claimed that the teachers are engaged adjacent during Diwali abrogation arsenic they request to cheque exam papers and fulfill different schoolhouse duties, the seat said EC’s determination to modify the circular was ‘reasonable’ and said the teachers tin comply with the same.
“In that presumption of the matter… the writ petition is disposed of by accepting the connection dated October 17, 2024,” the seat noted successful its order.
In April this year, a seat led by Justice Chandurkar had directed assorted associations of unaided and backstage schools successful the authorities to inquire teachers of its subordinate schools to cooperate with the EC’s petition to beryllium disposable for LS canvass duty.
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