HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.14733 of 2011 Date: June 07, 2011 Between: Dudekula Razia … Petitioner And 1. The District Educational officer, Krishna District & another. … Respondents * * * HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.14733 of 2011 O R D E R: The complaint of the petitioner, a minor aged 10 years represented by her father, is that the second respondent school conducted an exam for admission to class IV promising concessions with regard to the fee based on her performance in the said exam, but failed to admit her thereafter. Sri D. Balahaze, the father of the petitioner, appearing as a party-in-person contended that the second respondent school failed to select his child for the scheme of free education in spite of her meritorious performance in the examination. He stated that though an oral complaint was made in this regard to the District Educational Officer, Krishna District, no action was taken pursuant thereto. 2. However, the learned Government Pleader for School Education, on instructions, stated that no complaint had been made to the District Educational Officer, Krishna District, by the petitioner’s father and that necessary action would be taken in the matter if a complaint with full particulars is made to the competent authority. 3. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, came into force in April 2010. Section 13 of the said Act prohibits schools from subjecting children to any screening procedure. Section 32 of the Act provides that any person having a grievance relating to the right of a child under the Act is entitled to make a written complaint to the local authority having jurisdiction and upon such complaint, the said authority has to decide the matter within a period of three months after affording reasonable opportunity of being heard to the parties concerned. 4. In the light of the above statutory scheme, the party-in- person, if aggrieved by the action/inaction of the second respondent school in the context of the rights of his child as guaranteed under the above Act, can make a complaint to the District Educational Officer, Krishna District, and thereupon the said authority has to take action as per the procedure prescribed under Section 32 of the Act. This would be the proper and appropriate remedy for the petitioner in the first instance. 5. The writ petition is disposed of with the above observation. No order as to costs. ___________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J Date: June 07, 2011. BSB