99-year-old school caught in Centre, Delhi govt tussle over land

The Centre has told the Delhi High Court that it was concerned over the safety of children studying in a 99-year-old school here, whose building is in a dilapidated state and urged the AAP government to relocate it.

The Ministry of Defence said the Delhi government's Directorate of Education (DoE) has maintained that the Army should either make available an alternate land for the school or give a no-objection certificate for its construction at the same site.

The Delhi government has sought for construction of the school at the same site to avoid any possible inconvenience to the students, it said.

Rajputana Rifles Heroes Memorial Senior Secondary School at Delhi Cantonment, which was built on the land belonging to the Ministry of Defence was taken over by the Delhi administration in August 1975 and is getting full assistance from the state government.

The Centre's submission were made in an affidavit in regard to a PIL by NGO Social Jurist, which has alleged that the school was in a .