(1.) Petitioner, a practicing advocate of Tirunelveli District Court and claiming himself to be a pro bono litigant, has sought for a mandamus, directing the respondents not to impose a condition on the students, writing examination for Higher Secondary School Education to remove their waist belts and foot wears, as a condition precedent, for entering into the examination halls.
(2.) According to the petitioner, such an act is in violation of Article 15 of the Constitution of India and human rights. He has also alleged that the instruction, issued by the Education Authorities to remove footwears would likely affect the students, thereby picking up communicable diseases.
(3.) Mr. V.R. Shanmuganathan, learned Special Government Pleader, who has taken notice for the respondents in the writ petition, submitted that no such instructions have been issued by the education department for removal of footwears and waist belts, before entering into examination halls. He also submitted that sofar no complaint has been received from any one of the students within Tirunelveli District.