Telangana HC seeks report on steps taken to improve govt educational institutions

Hyderabad: A Telangana High Court Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice N. Tukaramji on Thursday directed the state chief secretary and principal secretary, education department, to file a comprehensive report on the steps taken to improve the conditions prevailing in all government educational institutions in the state within six weeks.

The Division Bench further issued notices to the commissioner of intermediate education, principal of Government Junior College Saroornagar, Rangareddy district directing them to respond to the notices within six weeks, duly furnishing reasons for providing a single toilet, that too defunct in the Government Junior College, Saroornagar where more than 700 girl students are pursuing their education.

The Division Bench also impleaded the member secretary, Telangana State Legal Service Authority as respondent to the PIL.

The Division Bench, while issuing notices, directed the officials cited to inform the steps taken to improve the facilities/conditions in all government educational institutions across the state and not only the Government Junior College, Saroornagar.

The Division Bench was adjudicating the taken-up PIL based on the letter addressed by Nallapu Manideep, LLB student to the Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court, annexing the newspaper article dated 31 December 2022, under the caption “In Hyderabad, protest erupts as govt junior college has 1 defunct toilet for 700 girls.”

The news article threw light on the pathetic and deplorable conditions prevailing in Government Junior College, Saroornagar where one toilet, that too defunct, was provided to 700 girl students pursuing their education.

Due to the lack of minimum basic facilities like potable water, water in toilets, and basic infrastructure facilities, the students are facing problems during college hours.

Adding to their woes, girl students have stopped attending college during their menstrual cycles as there were no water facilities, thereby depriving the girl students of education. As the students were deprived of minimum basic facilities in the college, 300 students boycotted classes protesting against the inaction of the officials in providing basic infrastructure facilities in the college.

For further hearing, the matter was adjourned to 25 April.