JUDGMENT :

1. The Manager and the Headmistress of the Kadambur Higher Secondary School, Kannur, are before this Court, challenging Ext.P4 proceedings of the Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Commission’) and Ext.P5 letter issued by the Registrar of the Commission, calling upon the persons mentioned in Ext.P5, including the petitioners herein, to furnish action taken report, in terms of the provisions contained in Rule 45 of the Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights Rules, 2012 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the State Rules’).

2. The brief facts of the case are as follows:

The Kadambur Higher Secondary School, is an aided school, situated at Edakkad in Kannur District. According to the petitioners, the student strength of the school is approximately 5000, as of the date of filing of this Writ Petition. According to the petitioners, since the school is situated in a remote area and considering the transportation problems, the school had purchased about 45 buses to transport the students. It is stated that around 90% of the students studying in the school are using the facility and are coming to the school using the sch