Plea to allow use of first letter of mother’s name as initial
The Hindu
School insists on first letter of father’s name as initial
A woman from Karur district moved the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday seeking relief after the authorities of the government school where her daughter was studying had insisted that they should provide the first letter of the father’s name as initial of the girl, despite the fact that all government records carried the first letter of the mother’s name as initial.
The petitioner, M. Pothumponnu of Kadavur taluk in Karur district, said her daughter P. Kaviya was studying in class IX in Kadavur Government High School. The petitioner said her husband had deserted the family and she was living with her parents. She was taking care of the family and the educational expenses of her daughter, she said.
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