High Court was assured that the books will be supplied by 10 May but today it was informed that the task can be completed only by July.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday warned that it will issue suo motu contempt of court notice to the Deputy Director of the Education department for government’s failure to supply textbooks to students studying in government-run schools.
A Division Bench of Acting Chief Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora noted that in the government, in its affidavit dated May 2, had said that textbooks will be distributed to students by May 10, before the start of summer vacations.
However, a report dated May 15 said that the task would be completed by July.
The Bench expressed strong displeasure over the delay and said that it was not proper for the government to give a deadline and then not comply with it.
“It is not done, we will take you to task… This is not proper that you give us a deadline and not comply with it,” the Court remarked.
However, the Court stopped short of issuing notice after Delhi government’s Standing Counsel Santosh Kumar Tripathi made an assurance that students will get their books by the time schools reopen after summer vacations in July.