Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday December 31, questioned the state government’s norm to have half-an-acre playground attached to private schools that begin functioning from the next academic year.

The Court slammed the government as some government schools in the state even run in cow sheds.

Balakuteera Educational Trust and seven other schools had filed a petition in this regard questioning the applicability of a government notification.

The eight petitioner schools already have classes from I to V and will be commencing classes VI and VII?in the next academic year. Their applications stand rejected as they had not fulfilled the conditions as per the notification.

The petitioners challenged that the condition is applicable to new educational institutions which would commence classes from 2015-2016 and does not apply to those educational institutions which are already in existence.

The bench headed by Justice Anand Byrareddy adjourned the hearing to January 6.