As per Election Commission Memo No.464/INST/2010/EPS, Dated: 28th July, 2010 (http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/ECI_Instructions/ins_280710.pdf), schools/ colleges/ Educational Institutions can be ‘requisitioned’ for election purpose. Now, let us discuss whether the schools actually go on ‘holidays’, or they remain ‘on duty’ on election days, or as long as they are ‘requisitioned’ by the Election Commission of India.
I myself believe that the school remain ‘on duty’ as ‘requisition’ does not imply ‘inoperative’ or ‘non-functional’. Further, as per Oxford Dictionary ‘Requisition’ means A formal written demand that something should be performed or put into operation: ‘requisitions for an Extraordinary General Meeting must state the business to be transacted’ and according to Advanced English Dictionary ‘Requisition’ is ‘the act of requiring; an authoritative request or demand, especially by a military or public authority that takes something over (usually temporarily) for military or public use’.