Chennai, July 9 -- The Madras High Court on Thursday issued notices to the Tamil Nadu government and the School Education Department, seeking their response to a petition alleging that workers of the Tamilaga Vetti Kazhagam (TVK) celebrated the birthday of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and party president C Joseph Vijay in educational institutions by involving school children and political activities.

The petition was filed by V Kavi Ganesan, who sought directions to the authorities to strictly implement and enforce Rule 35(3) and Rule 35(4) of the Tamil Nadu Private Schools (Regulation) Rules, 2023, to prevent political events from being held in educational institutions.

According to the plea, TVK workers celebrated Vijay's birthday on Jun...