‘Pathetic’ facilities at school: Delhi High Court raps government

The bench ordered the Education Department official to file a status report within 10 days after carrying out the inspection, and listed the matter for further hearing on July 30. “It is 100 per cent aided. Look at the facilities. This is pathetic,” the bench said, adding that “immediate steps be taken to ensure water and toilet facilities are made available (at the school)”.

The direction came on a PIL by NGO Social Jurist, filed through advocate Ashok Agarwal, seeking directions to the Delhi government to provide adequate infrastructure and amenities to the faculty and more than 2,600 students of the school. The NGO claimed that land earmarked for a playground for the schoolchildren was being used for dumping garbage and domestic waste. The petition also alleged lack of sufficient teaching faculty in the school, with 72 posts of teachers lying vacant.