Camera in classroom: HC dismisses school's appeal

Camera in classroom: HC dismisses school's appeal

Kendriya Vidyalaya approached the high court after their orders transferring teachers to Kochi and Chennai was quashed by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).

On Wednesday, division bench comprising justice C N Ramachandran Nair and justice C K Abdul Rehim dismissed the appeal against Jayaseelan M, a teacher of biology at Kendriya Vidyalaya No 1, after KV's counsel brought to the court's notice that another division bench of the court has dismissed three appeals on the same issue.

Turning down the appeals filed by the school earlier, division bench comprising acting chief justice Manjula Chellur and justice A M Shaffique had ruled that transferring the teachers was not right and there was no ground to interfere with the CAT's order, which had found that the transfers were not legally sustainable.

The school's principal had installed surveillance cameras using the school maintenance fund, raised by collecting Rs 240 per month from around 3,000 students, during the autumn break in October last year.

When the school reopened, students and teachers protested against installation of cameras by staging sit-ins in front of the principal's office. Following this, the district collector, who is also the chairman of the school, intervened and directed the principal to temporarily discontinue the use of surveillance cameras.