Private school in Udhagamandalam accused of illegally occupying playground meant for govt. school students

The government higher secondary school ground in Udhagamandalam. | Photo Credit: SATHYAMOORTHY M The Nilgiris district administration has been urged to restrain a private school from using the playground designated for the students of the government higher secondary school in Udhagamandalam.A legal notice demanding that the playground be restored to the government school students’ use, as well as a demand to remove any encroachments to the area, was made by a Chennai-based lawyer, who also threatened the district administration with legal action.Lawyer G. Srujith Krishna, who has issued the legal notice to the district collector, told The Hindu that a government-aided private school near the ATC Junction in Udhagamandalam was illegally occupying and utilising the ground belonging to the Go