Calcutta, May 9 :    Calcutta, May 9:  These days, Patha Bhavan looks more like a battlefield, less like the premier school it's supposed to be. The parents of Patha Bhavan's primary school students have taken their agitation against the secondary school management to the streets. Their point of protest: The secondary school management's sudden decision to introduce tests for children from the primary school seeking admission to Class V. But behind the scenes, a bigger battle is being fought between the primary and secondary schools. One that involves big money and real-estate rivalry. 'The introduction of admission tests for Class V is a pressure tactic to label the primary school a separate entity. It's also a means for raising quick money for the secondary school. And it's aimed at taking sole possession of the Merlin Park plot,' alleges a member of the primary school management. The Patha Bhavan turf tussle is being fought against the backdrop of a 43-cottah plot on 8, Merlin Park, earmarked for construction of the primary, secondary and intermediate sections of the school. A protracted legal battle was fought over the plot, that originally belonged to U.N. Brahmachary, for around two decades. According to sources, some powerful city developers, keen on the prime plot, backed one of the tenants in a long-drawn-out legal battle. Recently, the Supreme Court has ruled that the state government's land acquisition department or the school should pay a compensation of Rs. 2.5 crore to the occupants for acquiring the land. The secondary school management committee is confident of mobilising the compensation sum. 'We have a 55-cottah plot near the EM Bypass which we can sell. The amount can also be easily raised by entering into joint ventures with private parties,' says Santosh Bhattacharya, president of the secondary school management committee, who insists that 'the primary school has no locus standi, as it is not recognised by the Board'. The primary school has called for an integrated management committee. But Bhattacharya has, apparently, ruled this out, unless the primary school agrees to only two seats in the committee without voting rights. 'If they don't agree to our proposal, we may start a primary section of our own,' warns Bhattacharya. Sadhan Gupta, his counterpart in the primary school, retorts: 'For 30 years, wards of primary school teachers have never paid fees in the secondary school and vice-versa. There have been no admission tests for Class V. All major functions have been organised jointly. How can they suddenly say the schools are different?'