Delay in payment of rent: Owners lock residential schools across erstwhile Adilabad

Around 20 schools were closed in different parts of Nirmal, Mancherial, Adilabad and Kumram Bheem Asifabad districts.

Adilabad: Residential educational institutions run on rented premises were locked by owners in protest of the delay in payment of rents by the government across erstwhile Adilabad district on Tuesday.

Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Telangana Backward Classes Residential School in Thandur, Bellampalli, Chennur, Mancherial, Mandamarri, and Luxettipet towns and other parts of Mancherial district were locked by the owners. Members of the owners’ association displayed a banner at the main entrances of the schools explaining the reason behind the owners’ decision. Around 20 schools were closed in different parts of Nirmal, Mancherial, Adilabad and Kumram Bheem Asifabad districts.

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“Due to the inordinate delay in payment of rent, the buildings are being locked from October 15 onwards. Representations were submitted to higher officials several times. However, the issue was not addressed. The buildings will be opened only after receiving the rents. Inconvenience is regretted. Society of Telangana is requested to understand our plight,” the banner read.

Meanwhile, the members of the association said that around 160 schools were locked in several parts of Warangal and Nalgonda districts as part of the protest. They stated that they were experiencing severe financial burden owing to non-payment of the rents. They demanded the government to take steps to release the rents at the earliest and avoid inconvenience to students in the residential educational institutions.

On the other hand, the owners were booked for allegedly restraining the staff of the schools from entering the institutions in Mancherial district. Police said cases were registered against the owners under BNS Section 126 (2).