164-year-old institution, The Alfred High School in Rajkot where Mahatma Gandhi studied. The institution has been shut down by the authorities to make way for a museum. File pic/PTI

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the state government on a PIL challenging its decision to convert into museum a 164-year-old school in Rajkot where Mahatma Gandhi had studied. A division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi asked the government counsel to seek instructions from the state over its intention to turn the school into a museum, and why the former was closed down.