Per Court :-

1. The Civil Applications are filed in Suo Moto Public Interest Litigation No.1/2018. The PIL is with regard to the bad conditions of the schools, being operated by the local authorities like Zilla Parishad, Municipal Council, Municipal Corporation, etc.

2. Today, the learned Amicus has placed on record the copy of the city edition ‘DB Star’ of daily Divya Marathi newspaper dated 20.07.2023. The same is taken on record and marked as “X-1” for identification.

3. From this news report, we understand that the particular school was included in the list of smart schools. This is situated at a place identified as Ajab Nagar, Nutan Colony, Aurangabad. Electricity supply has been disconnected for more than eighteen (18) months. About 40 students in kindergarten to the 4^th standard, are studying in the said school. A photograph indicates that the students are sitting on the floor and in the surrounding, empty bottles of liquor (Deshi Daru) are found.

4. The learned Amicus, therefore, suggests that it is high time that the Court should take a serious note of this aspect and constitute a Committee at each district place to inspect such schools and submit their reports along with reco