India, July 22 -- LUCKNOW The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Tuesday began hearing two special appeal petitions challenging the merger of primary schools. The division bench, headed by Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Jaspreet Singh, heard arguments from the petitioners' lawyers. The hearing will continue on Wednesday. The two petitions have been filed in high court challenging the July 7 order of the single bench which had dismissed the petitions challenging merger of primary schools.

Two special appeals have been filed-one by 5 children and the other by 17 children from Sitapur district through their parents. Senior advocate LP Mishra and advocate Gaurav Mehrotra are representing petitioners in court. They have com...