Chennai: Refusing to play the Executive Role, ‘Madras High Court has refused to direct the Puducherry government to establish an independent board for school education, especially for class X, XI, and XII, for the Union region.
“Such decisions are exclusively in the executive domain,” the first bench from the chairman of Judge Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P D Audikesavalu said.
However, considering the number of schools that mushroomed in Puducherry, the bench that observes that the government can consider the need to provide a different curriculum or even the process for students in Puducherry bends from what is followed in Tamil Nadu.
“Given the increasing population and number of school children, maybe for the sake of students if the board or individual council for basic and medium education or even higher education is formed.
However, it is an exclusive decision in the executive domain.” The court then allowed R Seedhar to make New representation to the Secretary responsible for education in the Puducherry Union area.
“Secretary will consider representation in the appropriate perspective, especially considering many schools that have mushroomed in the Puducherry themselves and the need to provide a different curriculum or even the process for students in Puducherry bends from what is followed in Tamil Nadu,” the court said.