HYDERABAD, June 20: The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Tuesday issued notices on a contempt of court application to DDO (education works) Chhachhro taluka, sub-engineer (education works) Ghansham Das and Roshan Din Nohri to appear in the court on June 22.
Ali Mohammad Bhamrani, a resident of Chhachhro taluka, filed application stating that defendants had failed to construct a middle school building in despite an order to the effect by the high court.
He filed a miscellaneous application and the defendants undertook before court on June 1 to comply with the orders in letter and spirit.
He said that in spite of the undertaking they failed to undertake construction.
He said that the defendants were violating their undertaking and order of the court.
According to the petitioner, the works and services department sanctioned primary school Bhamrani which was working since April 15, 1975 and in 1993 two rooms, boundary wall and washrooms were constructed for the primary school on a plot of the petitioner at a cost of Rs365,000.
In 1995, branch middle school Bahmrani Ali Mohammad of high school Mehran Vero Chhachhro taluka was sanctioned by the respondents, which was working in the primary school until 2000 and the petitioner provided furniture and required materials for running the middle school.
In August 2005, respondents sanctioned Rs0.760 million for construction of building for rehabilitation of middle school Bahmrani under president’s programme of primary and elementary education.
Respondents accepted tender of private respondent Roshan Din Nohri for the said work but he threatened to construct school at a deserted place in northern side near graveyard of children around 1.5 kilometre distance from the existing school and a kilometre away from population.
The petitioner and villagers approached respondent EDO works and services and other officials assured them to provide all facilities including plot in the vicinity of existing primary school.
They made representations and sent applications but in vain.
The petitioner’s counsel Jhamatmal Jethanand argued that action of Roshan Din to construct school in remote area was malafide and against public interest. He said that the construction of school away from the existing primary school would frustrate the entire scheme of providing education to deserving children.
He said that the middle school was being constructed for the purpose of converting it into otaq or office of some influential people and building would be of no use for school.
He said that the respondent secretary works and services and the EDO had failed to decide representations of the petitioner and villagers and thereby permitting Roshan Din to waste funds on the construction of a building which could not be used for purpose of middle school.
He prayed the court to declare that the construction of middle school Bahmrani in deserted place was illegal and issue a writ, directing respondents to construct and rehabilitate middle school at place of existing primary school Bhamrani.