All the colleges remained closed regardless of the order of the Schooling division in Patna. Picture for illustration functions solely. File
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Further Chief Secretary (ACS) of the Bihar Schooling Division Ok.Ok. Pathak and Patna District Justice of the Peace Chandrashekhar Singh are at loggerheads over the closure of faculties in Patna district amid the chilly wave. Final week, Mr. Pathak requested all district magistrates to not droop the tutorial actions with out looking for permission of the Schooling division.
Regardless of the order of the Schooling division, Mr. Singh issued the order imposing Part 144 of Cr.PC and suspended the tutorial actions of sophistication VIII, which embrace non-public and authorities colleges, together with Anganwadis until January 23 amid the chilly wave.
Talking to the media on Tuesday, Mr. Singh identified that life got here first and if anybody had downside with the order then they need to learn Cr.PC.
“I have issued the order to deal with the emergency situation. The District Magistrate has the power to do so. The District Magistrate has been given the power as per the Act and there is an order of court as well. The health of children comes first and if there is a question of saving the life then yes, life comes first. The order has been issued as per the law,” Mr. Singh stated.
Mr. Singh added, “The temperature in Patna was less than 5.5 degrees on Monday, hence this decision was taken. If needed, further orders would be issued after seeing the weather condition. The order has been issued as the provision and law. Everyone has got their power and I have used mine. It is my duty and people should respect the orders.”
The Patna Justice of the Peace asserted that there was no want to hunt permission from anybody to impose Part 144.
“If there is any problem, then they should better read Cr.PC or challenge the order in the higher court,” Mr. Singh stated.
Directive to DEO
Earlier, Mr. Pathak had expressed robust displeasure over the vacations being given to varsities as a result of chilly wave. He had issued a letter on behalf of the Schooling division ordering withdrawal of the depart. The Schooling division had directed the District Schooling Officer (DEO) of Patna to take motion to open the colleges on January 23.
Nonetheless, all the colleges remained closed regardless of the order of the Schooling division in Patna. As we speak the minimal temperature was 7.2 diploma Celsius and presently it’s 12.6 diploma Celsius with south-westerlies wind on the pace of seven.4 km/h. Until the submitting of this report, the Patna District Justice of the Peace has not prolonged the suspension of lessons. Lessons from 9 above are being carried out until 3 p.m.
That is for the primary time Mr. Pathak has been criticised by an IAS officer of Bihar who’s notorious for taking harsh selections up to now. He had reportedly resigned from the submit on January 9, nonetheless, after the intervention of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar he returned to the division and inside every week, the Minister of Schooling Division Chandra Shekhar Singh was eliminated and Alok Mehta was made the brand new Minister of the division.
Mr. Pathak was at loggerheads with the previous Schooling Minister Chandra Shekhar Singh too.
