Declining to stay the State Govt order permitting physical classes in all schools, Telangana HC on Thursday instructed the Govt to ensure facilities were provided for students to attend classes online in all Govt Schools.
The direction was passed by a bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma & Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili after hearing a batch of Public Interest Litigation & writ petitions on different matters relating to pandemic COVID-19. The bench said the Govt must make arrangements for students, who cannot attend physical classes, to avail online classes till Feb 28 in both Govt & Private Schools.
Advocate General B. S. Prasad assured the bench that students would be provided with the facility of online classes through satellite channel as was done during the first wave of COVID-19 in 2020. He also told the bench that Govt would deploy additional staff members to ensure people wore masks & followed all COVID-19 norms.
Earlier, senior lawyer L. Ravichander pleaded with the bench to stall the Govt’s decision to conduct physical classes in schools. He cited the space problem in classes to maintain social distance norms & inadequate infrastructure as the grounds to stop physical classes. The senior lawyer wanted the government to hold both physical & online classes.
Differing with the contentions of the senior counsel, the CJ noted that it would be difficult for students in remote villages to avail online classes while those in Hyderabad can make use of it. The CJ observed that the issue was not about schools in US or Delhi.
The Court was dealing with children in remote villages where students sit on the floor in front of a blackboard. Some of such schools do not even have a table & a chair to sit on, the bench observed.
The bench also declined to impose any restrictions on weekly vegetable markets or bazaars convened in different parts of the city on different days. One of the petitioners requested the HC to impose restrictions on these markets on the ground that all COVID-19 norms were being thrown to the winds there.
The CJ said, “The congregations seen at weekly markets are not more than those seen in front of bars & restaurants in Banjara Hills,” the CJ said. He said the Court would not impose any restrictions on such markets as poor villagers eke out their livelihood by selling vegetables & goods at such markets. “Please don’t target poor people. This court directs GHMC Commissioner to ensure strict implementation of COVID-19 appropriate behaviour during markets".
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