J U D G M E N T

The Manager of “Peinjanam Central Aided L.P. School”, Thrissur — Sri.Neelakandan, has approached this Court impugning Ext.P8, as per which, Government has rejected his request for closure of the said School, under Section 7(6) of the Kerala Education Act , saying that one of the co-owners of the property and member of the Educational Agency, namely the 4th respondent (who is conceded to be his sister), has objected to the closure and has offered to run the School, if she is made the Manager. The petitioner says that Ext.P8 is egregiously improper since, as is evident from Ext.P9, the Corporate Educational Agency, which also includes his brother — Sri.Venugopalakrishnan, has taken a decision to close the School as early as in the year 2014, since it is now impractical and not feasible to run it any further.

2. The petitioner says that, in fact, based on the request made by him as the approved Manager of the School, the Director of General Education (DGE) has recommended, through Ext.P5, that the School be closed, recording therein that none of the students or staff studying and working therein would be prejudiced by this. The petitioner says that it is without consid