Allahabad, Nov 04: The Allahabad High Court has ruled that educational institutions cannot allow their land, buildings, or playgrounds to be used for any commercial activity, under any name or pretext.
The Court was hearing a Public Interest Litigation seeking directions to restrain authorities from allowing a Commercial Mela to be organized on the premises of Brahmanand Degree College in Rath, District Hamirpur, a government-aided institution affiliated with Bundelkhand University.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Kshitij Shailendra observed that immovable properties belonging to educational institutions in the State of U.P., including their playgrounds, whether forming part of the same premises or situated elsewhere, cannot be allowed to be used for any commercial activities under any name, like exhibitions, trade fairs or other kinds of fairs, or sale of one or the other articles and goods etc.
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