HC appoints administrator on La Martiniere schools' board of governors

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday appointed an administrator on the La Martiniere schools' board of governors to oversee its functions till disposal of a petition before it by four deposed members.

A division bench comprising justices I P Mukerji and Md Nizamuddin appointed Justice (retired) Tapan Kumar Dutt of the Calcutta High Court as the administrator.

The bench directed that the board, appointed on June 21, 2019, will function under the supervision of Dutt.

The division bench said all decisions regarding school administration will be subject to approval of the administrator till disposal of the suit filed by four co-opted governors challenging their removal from the board.

The deposed governing body members and the existing governors had both filed appeals challenging an order of a single bench of the high court.

The single bench of Justice Arindam Sinha had on July 12 directed the board of governors at La Martiniere schools here to refrain from taking any decision on the ...