Lucknow, July 22 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court will hear on Tuesday two special appeals against the court's July 7 order which had dismissed two petitions against the merger of primary schools.

A division bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Jaspreet Singh will hear the two petitions.

A single-judge bench of Justice Pankaj Bhatia on July 7 had dismissed two petitions challenging the June 16 order of the state for merger of government-run primary schools.

According to applicants' advocate Gaurav Mehrotra, the first special appeal has been filed by five children, and the second by 17 children through their parents.

A double judge bench of Justice AR Masoodi and Justice Sriprakash Singh also dismissed a PIL...