Nehan Ponraj v. Block Education Officer
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What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; WP No. 8996 of 2026 (EDN-RES); oral order dated 23-03-2026 by Justice E.S. Indiresh (single judge). Education-sector writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 by two minor pupils of Shri Ram Global School (SRGS), Old Madras Road, Bommenahalli, Bengaluru, represented through father Ponraj Muthusamy, arraying the Block Education Officer Bangalore South-4, Deputy Director of Public Instruction (South), CBSE Regional Office Bangalore and the school. Grievances: non-issuance of Transfer Certificates, additional term fees demanded as a precondition for Transfer Certificates, denial of examination access to minors, and academic status marked 'not completed'. Court did not order investigation itself; disposed of the petition by routing the grievance through a specific representation to Respondent Nos. 1 to 3 (one week to submit, three weeks to consider). Relevant for representation-based disposal of school-grievance petitions, transfer-certificate and fee-dispute matters against private CBSE schools, and EDN-RES classification.