LUCKNOW:, March 18 -- The state government has informed the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court that it has finalised the scheme for inspection of all the schools in the state with regard to safety measures.

The step has been taken in pursuance of the Supreme Court judgment in the case of "Avinash Mehrotra vs. Union of India and others" and an advertisement in this regard will be issued shortly, the government added.

The state's additional advocate general has submitted that the government will file a status report with regard to the exercise conducted by it. The court directed to list the matter on March 28.

The order was passed by a division bench of Justice Alok Mathur and Justice Brij Raj Singh recently on a public interest l...