Srinagar: The School Education Department (SED) of J&K today on Wednesday said that they intend to regulate the use of Government land for running private school and asked private schools to fulfil new guidelines under NOCs/affiliation of schools at different levels for verification.
The department said that it is in their knowledge that many schools have either permission or lease from the Government regarding using the land for running private schools.
Earlier, School Education Department directed private schools to vacate that were functioning in the State land, however, the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh ordered to maintain the status quo on a plea filed by the petitioners against the closing of schools functioning on State or Kahcharai Land.
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“The use of land can be verified. In case of any private school running on Government land with due permission from competent revenue authority, they will be asked to submit papers regarding permission for use/lease of that particular Government land,” the government order said.
“The step has been aimed to check the corruption and mushrooming growth of private schools running on Government land without permission,” it added.
(GNS)
