A well-known city school has moved out 450 of its own students to a cramped space in a smaller building and rented out part of its property to a trust to build an international school inside the premises. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the city’s fire department are at loggerheads over whether the Grant Road-based Robert Money Technical School has violated safety norms in reconstructing a part of its old school building.

Local activists have alleged that the school authorities have illegally sold off a portion of the property to an “outsider.” Social activist Cyril Dara has filed a complaint with the Charity Commissioner against the Bombay Diocesan Trust Association (BDTA) and Bombay Diocesan Society (BDS) alleging that the school, which is situated on BDTA property, has sold a portion of the building to the Chanakya Gyan Kendra Trust. The Chanakya Trust is constructing the Edubridge International School by reconstructing a section of the old school building which ,till recently, housed Marathi medium and English medium classes. More than 450 students studied in these classes.