Hyderabad: The Telangana high court has ordered a joint inspection to identify suitable premises for the temporary relocation of the Govt Primary School for Girls, Seethaphalmandi-II (Vijaya Dairy School), after disputes arose over the availability of quarters proposed for shifting the institution for the 2026-27 academic year.The bench of Justice Juvvadi Sridevi directed officials of the School Education Department and the Telangana State Dairy Development Cooperative Federation (Vijaya Dairy), along with counsels for the petitioners and all other parties, to jointly inspect the quarters identified for the school’s relocation and submit reports to the court by June 22.The court passed directions while hearing parents of children studying in the 60-year-old school, which is currently in a dilapidated condition.During the hearing, the govt informed the court that the district education department already issued proceedings on June 2 directing the shifting of the school from the academic year 2026-27.Authorities stated that the move was intended to ensure uninterrupted education for students and that parents had been informed accordingly. “Certain residential quarters were reported to be available and had been proposed as temporary accommodation for the school,” they informed the court.However, the Telangana State Dairy Development Co-operative Federation disputed this claim, telling the court that the identified quarters were not vacant.According to the federation, one quarter is locked in view of the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, another quarter has already been allotted to an employee, and a third quarter is being used as a store for the federation’s head office. “The premises are not feasible for accommodating the school,” the federation contended.Meanwhile, petitioners’ counsel Chikkudu Prabhakar argued that shifting the school to the location proposed by the authorities would violate norms under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act.He submitted that a school catering to Classes I to V must be located within 1 km of the neighbourhood, whereas the proposed site was about 3.7 km away.The petitioners further sought directions for allotment of two suitable A-Type quarters to enable the school to function smoothly.Taking note of the rival claims, the HC directed the authorities and counsel for all parties to jointly inspect the proposed quarters.The court also ordered that if the identified quarters are found unsuitable, the officials must locate and inspect any other vacant quarters available within the federation’s premises for the same purpose.
