Inter exams: HC issues notices to govt, JACs on Millennium March

The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday issued notices to the state government, the Employees JAC and the TPJAC on the conduct of Intermediate examinations in the wake of proposed Millennium March scheduled for March 10.

Accepting a public interest litigation filed by one Sambaraju from Warangal pleading the Court to issue directions to the state government to make its stand clear on conduct of intermediate examinations in the wake of the proposed Millennium March, the Court issued notices to state government, and Telangana Employees Joint Action Committee and Telangana Political Joint Action Committee.   

In his petition, Sambaraju pointed out that around 10 lakh students would be appearing for the Intermediate examinations. The petitioner raised doubts if the state government would be able to conduct the examinations in the backdrop of the Millennium March proposed to be organized on March 10.

Sambaraju also pointed out to the Court that the situation was not favourable for the Board of Intermediate Education to conduct exams as most lecturers are participating in the ongoing non-cooperation movement.

“If the schedule gets affected, students would not be able to appear for the national-level tests. Apart from this, their chance of qualifying for EAMCET-2011 would also be affected”, he stated and appealed to Court to direct the government to make its stand clear on conduct of examinations and take steps to protect the interests of students.

Earlier, the TPJAC convenor Kodandaram had requested the Board to reschedule the examinations to March 14 in view of the proposed Million March to Hyderabad on March 10.

The Chief Minister has stated that he would take a decision on conduct of examinations on March 5 after consulting the officials concerned and the Minister.

The March aims to exert pressure on the Centre to introduce Telangana Bill in the Parliament.