Delhi HC stays Govt order against school fee hike

The Delhi HC stayed the Delhi Govt's order barring schools from hiking fees without the approval of Parents Teachers Associations.

The Delhi High Court stayed the Delhi government’s order barring schools from hiking fees without the approval of Parents Teachers Associations.

A Division Bench headed by Justice A K Sikri stayed the recent notification of Education Department on a plea of schools that the government should not issue any order on fee hike till the disposal of their petition in the court.

Meanwhile,the court extended the time granted to the government by two weeks for filing its reply to a notice on a petition filed by the parents association challenging the government’s permission to schools to hike their fees.

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The Bench was hearing a PIL,filed by the Delhi Abhibhavak Sangh,Social Jurists,an NGO,and Faith Academy Parent’s Association through counsel Ashok Aggarwal alleging that the government had gone contrary to the recommendation given by S L Bansal Committee,constituted to look into the fee hike by schools.

They sought direction to quash the notification issued by the Education Department on February 11 permitting the schools to hike tuition fees with retrospective effect from January 1,2006.

According to the notification,for every Rs 500 in tuition fees,there will be Rs 100 increase monthly. Delhi government had constituted a committee headed by S L Bansal,a retired IAS officer,to examine the implications of 6th Pay Commission for recognised unaided schools and the Education Department relied on the committee’s recommendation while issuing the notification for school fee hike.

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