IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
M.M.SUNDRESH, MS. R.N.MANJULA, JJ.
The Director of Elementary Education – Appellant
Versus
Jesus Garden Nursery and Primary School – Respondent
W.A.No.644 of 2021
Decided on : 09-04-2021
Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 - Section 18(1) - Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act - Sections 49 nor 111(3)(b) - Tamil Nadu Panchayat Building Rules, 1997 - Grant of recognition - Recruitment of DTCP Approval - Availability of infrastructural and other facilities - Petitioner's Trusts other than recruitment of DTCP Approval and pass appropriate orders as expeditiously as possible so as to enable petitioners to start academic session relating to said course at least from academic - Petitioners have to pay necessary inspection and other fees to respondents for the said purpose circumstances for case, there shall be no order as to costs - Noticing that a show-cause notice was issued on two grounds want of recognition and (ii) want of approval from authorities under Town and Country Planning Act - Petitioner school to show cause as to why action should not be taken against petitioner for running school without obtaining necessary certificate of Recognition from competent authority, as per provisions of Section 18(1) of Act, 2009 – Held, Court of Town and Country Planning Authorities, Joint Director or Deputy Director, Town and Country Planning, authority is expected to pass appropriate orders on concurrence sought for by local authority and while doing so, it has to do its independent role in satisfying that provisions of Right to Education Act and Rules are also complied with While taking a final decision, said authority has to decide as to whether approval is to be given or not - It is not a question of concurrence but one of approval - Though local body has sought for such an approval, we are dealing with building which is to be used for a school in compliance with the provisions of Right to Education and Rules as well – Court also make it clear that temporary approval granted as ordered by learned Single Judge on earlier occasion is meant only for academic without approval from DTCP and thereafter getting further approval from the appellants - Writ appeal disposed of.
JUDGMENT :
M.M.SUNDRESH, J.
1. This appeal has been preferred by the appellants being aggrieved against the order of the learned Single Judge dated 08.07.2019, wherein it has been held as under:
"15. In the result, the writ petitions are partly allowed and the impugned orders of the 1st respondent dated 30.04.2016 made in F.No.Southern/2016/1-28666650491-LOR and F.No.Southern/2016/1-2864028021-LOR respectively, are hereby set aside and the respondents are directed to conduct necessary inspection in the petitioner's college as to the availability of the infrastructural and other facilities for starting B.Pharm Degree Course by the petitioner's Trusts other than the recruitment of DTCP Approval; and pass appropriate orders as expeditiously as possible so as to enable the petitioners to start academic session relating to the said course at least from the academic year 2017-2018. The petitioners have to pay necessary inspection and other fees to the respondents for the said purpose. However, in the circumstances for the case, there shall be no order as to costs.
Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petitions are closed."
4. The second respondent is directed to pass order on the application of the petitioner seeking temporary approval vide its proposal dated 25.10.2018 received by the second respondent office on 09.01.2019 within a period of three weeks from today.
5. With the above direction, this writ petition is disposed of. No costs. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petition is closed."
2. The respondent/school admittedly started the institution without recognition. Noticing that a show-cause notice was issued on two grounds namely, (i) want of recognition and (ii) want of approval from the authorities under the Town and Country Planning Act. This show cause notice was challenged before this Court. By order dated 22.05.2019 in W.P.No.14647 of 2019 the learned Single Judge passed the following order:
2. The impugned show cause notice dated 11.05.2019 has been issued by the respondents, calling upon the petitioner school to show cause as to why action should not be taken against the petitioner for running the school without obtaining necessary certificate of Recognition from the competent authority, as per the provisions of Section 18(1) of The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. Learned counsel for the writ petitioner would submit that the petitioner school had already submitted necessary proposal in the prescribed format coupled with supporting documents in the month of October 2018 to the competent authority and the same is also recommended by the Block Educational Officer to the District Educational Officer in Na.Ka.No.441/A2/2018 dated 26.10.2018. However, without passing any orders on the said proposal for recognition, the impugned show cause notice has been issued.
3. Taking into consideration the narrow compass and the facts and circumstances of the case, there shall be a direction to the respondents to consider and pass orders on the proposal submitted by the writ petitioner, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, and until such time, no coercive steps shall be taken by the respondents. W
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