Also, the High Court stayed further criminal proceedings based on a complaint filed by Block Education Officer, Mysuru, before the Vijayanagar police in Mysuru on August 6 with regard to production of “forged” certificate with respect to NPS International School, Mysuru. Justice Anand Byrareddy passed the interim order on the petitions filed by Citizen Education Society, which manages National Public School, Rajajajinagar in Bengaluru; National Education Trust, which manages three NPS situated at Indiranagar and Koarmangala in Bengaluru and NPS International School, Vijayanagar in Mysuru; and National Academy for Learning Trust, which manages two NPS situated at Basaveshwaranagar and HSR Layout in Bengaluru. Also, CBSE, which disaffiliated the institutions based on the recommendation from the State, did not issue any notice before withdrawing the affiliation. “The petitioner institutions were shocked and amazed by the act of NCMEI and device adopted by it and its officials in disowning their own signature,” contended the petitioners, who claimed Malayalam linguistic minority status. In fact, the tahsildars, as per the norm, had independently certified that trustees of these institutes belong to the linguistic minority in Karnataka.

Source: The Hindu September 15, 2016 00:00 UTC