New Delhi; A lawyer has moved the Delhi High Court after his minor son was denied admission in pre-nursery by a public school on the ground of distance.
The petition had come up for hearing before the bench headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana and was referred to another bench for "immediate disposal".
The petition challenges the order of a single judge denying the plea challenging the constitutionality of the distance criterion for giving admissions in nursery and seeking a direction to the school in New Friends Colony to admit the child.
The petitioner`s counsel Sanjay Dubey said the school adopted "discriminatory" approach while giving admission to children in pre-school an that they were kept in the dark about the procedure of awarding points on distance criterion.
"The child was awarded lesser points even as he was living within a distance of 1 km of the school and was being discriminated against due to cultural differences since the authorities are more willing to accomodate the creamy layer," the counsel alleged.
The petitioner also said that they had applied in seven schools but in vain.
He also submitted that the distance criterion, even otherwise, is violative of the fundamental right to equality and right to life of dignity guaranteed by the Constitution.
The petition also said the single judge had passed the order in a mechanical manner.
